Jacques Gourde at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On September 29th, 2011. See this statement in context.

September 29th, 2011 / 3:45 p.m.

Conservative

Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I would also like to thank the witnesses for being here and for the information they are providing.

I am pleased to point out that our government implemented the Federal Accountability Act to make the government transparent. We are also constantly looking for ways to improve it. In fact, it's our government that established the procurement ombudsman in 2006 to strengthen the confidence of Canadians in the procurement process, which binds the government to promoting fairness.

Mr. Brunetta, to what extend do you think the procurement ombudsman has contributed to improving the federal government's procurement process to make it more open, fair and transparent?

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