Mr. Ian Shugart at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On August 11th, 2020. See this statement in context.

August 11th, 2020 / 2:15 p.m.

Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

It cannot be boiled down to a person. As typically occurs, it is an organic process among political staff in ministers' offices, policy staff and officials, in this case Finance and ESDC with PCO supporting and at one point becoming more involved in the analysis.

That is typical. Also, NGOs were involved in identifying possible solutions for students and so on. So it's an amalgam.

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