The Clerk gave a presentation on the financial status of the global envelope for committee activities.

It was agreed, — That, between September 21 and the end of December 2016, no further budgets for committee travel, except the budget presented today by the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, be considered by the Subcommittee.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee, through a letter sent by its Chair, invite all Committee Chairs, including those that have already submitted budgets for committee travel to the Subcommittee but for which no decision has been taken yet, to ask their committee to determine which of their studies may require committee travel during the period from January to June 2017;

that committees interested in travelling be invited to prepare a rationale for why such travel would be required and be requested to provide a high-level estimate of related travel costs; and

that this information be provided to the Chair of the Subcommittee, via its Clerk, no later than October 17, 2016.

It was agreed, — That the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates be granted a travel budget of $172,077.20 to travel to Surrey, British Columbia, Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Moose Jaw and Regina, Saskatchewan, and to Winnipeg and Scanterbury, Manitoba, in the Fall of 2016, in relation to its study on Canada Post.