Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, our aim is certainly in support of the government, and I think the government's aim is to get the funds out the door as quickly as possible. Personally, I'm not an economist, and I would feel hesitant to speak about the specific timing. I think that would be a question

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I have just a couple of comments. One is that, just in terms of sound risk management, I think the downside risks of job losses and the economy slowing further have to be taken into account in the risk management equation. When an examination is undertaken of spending

Government Operations committee  On the navigable waters act issue, that's been an issue that government has heard about from many stakeholders and from provinces in terms of that legislation, and it has decided to proceed with proposed amendments to the legislation to focus on only the ones that are of real con

Government Operations committee  The Privy Council Office would provide advice on whatever the government asked to receive advice on, so that would be--

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not really in a position to talk about what specific advice we would be asked to provide now on the matters that we're being asked to look at right now.

Government Operations committee  The whole issue of public assets was raised in the context of the economic statement last fall. The Minister of Finance or the finance department may be better placed to speak to specifics on that.

Government Operations committee  As a public servant, I'm just not at liberty to talk about the advice we're giving to the government.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I'd have to get back to the committee with the specifics, but I believe the home retrofit program was in the notice of ways and means motion, which means that, as has traditionally been the case, it took effect at that date and the follow-up legislative changes would f

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, I'm not aware of specific concerns that have been raised with the Prime Minister about this. I would echo the comments of the clerk. I think it's always difficult to talk about the public service's advice in an open forum, because we typically don't talk about what

Government Operations committee  As the Treasury Board Secretariat has indicated, it is the government's long-term practice to use signage to indicate investments that are being made under the Economic Action Plan. In its communications coordinator role, the Privy Council Office has prepared a signage guide that

Government Operations committee  I can leave them with the clerk.

Government Operations committee  The website was originally created by, I believe, the Department of Finance. It's now managed by the Privy Council Office.

Government Operations committee  Well, it's part and parcel of our role in coordinating government communications. In fact, we had agreed to take on the management of the website because the material on the site does not come from PCO; it actually comes from the departments who are participating in the action pl

Government Operations committee  The government is the one that decides what it wishes to communicate, and wanted to have the links to the social media--

Government Operations committee  We give advice. As both the secretary and the clerk mentioned, we ensure that the communications are done within the confines of the policy.