Evidence of meeting #37 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was point.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Alex Lakroni  Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Elizabeth Tromp  Acting Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Services, Shared Services Canada
Nancy Chahwan  Assistant Deputy Minister, Parliamentary Precinct Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Pierre-Marc Mongeau  Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Claire Caloren  Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Acquisitions Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Peter Bruce  Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Projects and Client Relationships, Shared Services Canada
Gordon O'Connor  Carleton—Mississippi Mills, CPC
Manon Fillion  Director General , Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance, Shared Services Canada

10:35 a.m.

Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Alex Lakroni

Our lease agreements are competitive. In our financial analysis, we definitely consider the costs of all the benefits and drawbacks. That is how we decide where we will lease a property.

10:35 a.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pierre-Luc Dusseault

My sincere thanks to everyone for being here today.

If you have further information to provide the committee, you may do so through the clerk, who would be glad to pass it on to the members.

It is now time for the committee members to vote on the supplementary estimates. You can stay if you like to find out whether your requests are approved.

For supplementary estimates (B) 2014-15, I call the following votes:

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Vote 1b—Program expenditures.......... $1

(Vote 1b agreed to)

CANADA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE

Vote 1b—Program expenditures.......... $1

(Vote 1b agreed to)

TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT

Vote 15b—Compensation adjustments.......... $151,651,354

(Vote 15b agreed to)

SHARED SERVICES CANADA

Vote 1b—Operating expenditures.......... $4,416,885 Vote 5b—Capital expenditures.......... $13,613,656

(Votes 1b and 5b agreed to)

PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES Department

Vote 1b—Operating expenditures.......... $56,248,925

Vote 5b—Capital expenditures.......... $80,000,000

(Votes 1b and 5b agreed to)

Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the following motion?

That the chair report vote 1b under the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, vote 1b under the CANADA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE, vote 15b under the TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT, votes 1b and 5b under SHARED SERVICES CANADA, and votes 1b and 5b under PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES to the House.

(Motion agreed to)

I will report those to the House.

Thank you to our witnesses today.

We will meet again on Tuesday, at 8:45 a.m.

The meeting is adjourned.