Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to thank our witnesses for coming to describe the work done by their department.
I am quite new to this committee. There are some things I am not quite clear on in the two presentations. I do not understand why Public Works and Government Services is in charge of having contracts approved and signed for the Department of National Defence. I can guess what that is, but I would like to hear it from you.
What model was used in centralizing this service? Is the Department of National Defence the only department whose procurement is handled by Public Works and Government Services? Do other departments and agencies do the same thing, or is there a different procedure? I am trying to understand why this procedure was introduced, and on what model it is based. Do all government departments and agencies proceed in the same way?
My question is to both Mr. Ross and to Ms. saint-pierre, because they represent the two sides of the story.