Mr. Desmond Gray at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 7th, 2015. See this statement in context.

May 7th, 2015 / 11:45 a.m.

Director General, Acquisitions Branch, PWGSC, Canadian General Standards Board

Well, I'll be very frank you. Not everything the government buys needs a CGSB standard, but there are some things that do.

I know at one point in CGSB we tried to estimate the impact of CGSB standards on government procurement, and it was just over $1 billion in about 1989. That's how old I am.

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