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Government Operations committee  That would be through the standard process we go through to engage companies like that.

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, there is an existing requirement, which government ministries follow, that after six months, information... I'll have to get back to the committee specifically if there's an interest in this, but we have already provided to the committee a number of the research studie

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  The total is 19.

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I believe I have a couple of students working for us, and they would be hired through the casual or the FSWEP program or an existing standard government process, like a summer-student type thing.

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I think that's true. And as I mentioned earlier, the amount of money actually in the total budget we have for survey work and so on is actually relatively modest. It's about $200,000. For example, of what you'd call the operating money I would have related to the web

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. Mr. Chair, I believe the website was launched earlier this year—I don't have the exact timeline in front of me—with fairly basic information. When the decision was made to try to have a more coordinated approach to communicating with the pub

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I have the numbers here. I can hand them out to the Committee. They are here.

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. We have put together a small table regarding the $3.9 million we are discussing today which shows where we are spending the money. I can give you that document if it might help.

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Of course, we had to prepare some information on these matters to submit to the government. As Mrs. MacPherson explained, in order to get the money, it was necessary to talk to Treasury Board officials and convince them that there was a need for the money. There is the material

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. As I mentioned a little earlier, and maybe to elaborate a little bit, the thinking was that it had been a good initiative to try to pull this guide together, because it's a very client-focused way of explaining the measures in the plan. Certainly a lo

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  —at this point are not contemplating doing another paper version. But there is an online version, which is up to date.

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Yes. Thanks for the question. Mr. Chair, the polling and other kinds of survey work that are done would be aimed entirely at gauging awareness levels of programs and services and that kind of thing, or at trying to ensure that the communication that's taking place with Canadians

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  We tried to meet needs and queries by creating the Google map and information on each project. The objective is to enable Canadians to visit their community or other regions, check which projects are being carried out in their region and how much money has been spent on them. The

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. The government has said that Parliament asked it to report every three months. That is the framework in which the government reports on the status of the action plan. We post those reports on our Web site.

November 19th, 2009Committee meeting

Simon Kennedy