Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, is that a question?

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, the last time we were before this Committee, I think the Secretary to the Cabinet, Mr. Wouters, explained the purpose of communication intiatives. The purpose is to inform Canadians of the benefits of the programs to which they have access.

Government Operations committee  Yes, of course.

Government Operations committee  No. Thank you for the question. Mr. Chair, the idea is to consolidate in one place all of the information on the Economic Action Plan. We worked with the departments. The programs are managed by departments; the Web site content was prepared by the departments, too, but...

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. Mr. Chair, I am going to make two observations. We are doing a bit of analysis of use of the Web site. We want to know what Canadians are looking at when they visit the site. One of the most popular features of the site is the guide to programs and

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. Certainly my experience has been that the survey work that's been undertaken by the government, by government departments, has followed strict protocols and is staying well within the bounds of what would be considered acceptable in terms o

Government Operations committee  I think I can send all that information to the Committee in the next two weeks. If any information is unavailable, because of a Cabinet confidence, for example, I will be able to explain.

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

Government Operations committee  Yes.

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.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. The guide I was referring to was produced fairly early on in our efforts respecting communications with Canadians, and so there may be a number of newer elements that don't feature in the document. I think members will find the document useful in the

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

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

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

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