Thank you for coming and thanks for the invite for a tour. I'm sure everyone on this side of the table anyway would be very interested in doing that. I see some nods around the room about the desire to get some hands-on knowledge of how the data centre project is proceeding.
Our government is interested in delivering on our commitments to Canadians, including the ones with respect to a government that's advanced in technology and delivers the services that Canadians expect, but we found that large projects need to be broken down into smaller pieces in order to be able to achieve that reliably.
When I look at some of the things we've been talking about today, I've really been focusing on whether or not there has been appropriate planning of the $6 billion or $7 billion that has already been spent through your organization. I'm wondering, if Treasury Board has a strategic plan in place for IT, shouldn't Shared Services Canada also have had a strategic plan in place for delivering on the project?