Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, I could look to see whether there was a transition period for that contract. I have to admit that...

Government Operations committee  If I am able to find the information, I will send it to you within a reasonable time.

Government Operations committee  I do it when they are necessary, yes.

Government Operations committee  We established the competition. We make up what we call the contract management group, which means we are responsible for that. The primary clients are DND, the RCMP and the rest of the public service.

Government Operations committee  They are commitments made to PWGSC.

Government Operations committee  It is the Acquisitions Branch. A person would be responsible for administration of the contract. But that is part of the Acquisitions Branch.

Government Operations committee  Unfortunately, I don't remember the number of months. I just know that, based on the comments that followed the consultation and that were received via MERX, we allowed the maximum possible time. We did an adjustment to the period of time allowed. Although I don't remember the nu

Government Operations committee  I know the period you're talking about. It was observed by the fairness monitor, who is a third party. That person decided that the period of time for the transition was fair and issued an opinion accordingly.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. First, West Block will be emptied this fall sometime in October. Second, members will be going to La Promenade building. It is operational, and I encourage all of you to tour La Promenade building to see the quality of the work that has been done th

Government Operations committee  Actually, spending on IT will augment.... We have a substantial investment in pension modernization, which is a huge system, more than $200 million over seven years. That's taking place now. So we do have also augmentations. I will have to reinvest in my basic legacy systems, and

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, I am not familiar with the case of CGI. However, I am familiar with the case of the IRP, because that was on my watch. Whether or not to have a transition period is something that comes from our employees, but it was also mentioned in our consultation with members o

Government Operations committee  André Morin used to be part of my office. We rotate people. I was not called on these things, my staff were. I probably simply opined the way he wrote it, that we should get the structured approach whenever we get the phone call about setting up a meeting, which may be totally

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the questions. They are clear, so I'll remain focused. With regard to 2005, the reference is made to the approach we took in the context of the way forward, and more specifically the savings that were to be accrued out of the approach we would take, for example, in

Government Operations committee  --I acknowledge that there is a challenge there. I think Madam Fraser has put her finger on something that needs to be looked at. We committed to look into this, to work with the players. It needs to be addressed. Frankly--I will say briefly--I was in the U.K., and I sat down wi

Government Operations committee  It is. You're right.