Evidence of meeting #110 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was going.
A video is available from Parliament.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB
It sounds like the whole of government is letting you down.
12:50 p.m.
Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services
We're in a better position than we were last year in terms of capacity.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB
Very quickly, we asked a question about what was almost like an MP hotline, and Mr. Weir followed up on it. I heard Ms. Qualtrough say it would take two weeks, but it sounded like it was a different answer for Mr. Weir. Again, this is a non-partisan issue for all of the MPs. Can you speak to that two weeks?
12:55 p.m.
Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services
What I understood the minister to say was that we would get back to you in two weeks as to what the process would be.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB
Okay, we can expect that. Wonderful. I think if we can get at least that much out of this meeting, it will have been a huge success for our constituents, so thank you very much.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
Thank you very much, Mr. McCauley.
Colleagues, I'm going to excuse the witnesses, but I would ask all of you to please remain at the table. We will not go in camera, but I want to deal with the supplementary estimates (B) very quickly if we can.
Madam Lemay, Mr. Parker, Mr. Linklater, Mr. Muldoon, Madam Campbell, Madam Paquet, Mr. Duplantie, thank you so much.
Colleagues, could I ask you to come back to the table? Mr. McCauley, Mr. Weir....
Colleagues, if you recall the last time we dealt with supplementary estimates (B) last year, I followed the same process I'm going to recommend to you now, and I will ask this. Do I have the unanimous consent of the committee to call all of the votes of supplementary estimates (B) 2017-18 together?
12:55 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
We will now have the votes.
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND SAFETY BOARD
Vote 1b—Program expenditures..........$1,538,000
(Vote 1b agreed to)
PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE
Vote 1b—Program expenditures..........$34,195,262
(Vote 1b agreed to)
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Vote 1b—Program expenditures..........$1
(Vote 1b agreed to)
SHARED SERVICES CANADA
Vote 1b—Operating expenditures..........$14,704,740
Vote 5b—Capital expenditures..........$1
(Votes1b and 5b agreed to)
TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT
Vote 1b—Program expenditures..........$30,671,729
Vote 15b—Compensation adjustments..........$654,565,472
Vote 20b—Public Service Insurance..........$253,209,974
(Votes 1b, 15b, and 20b agreed to)
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
Shall the chair report the supplementary estimates (B) 2017-18 to the House?
12:55 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
Thank you. It shall be done.
Is there anything else for the benefit of the committee?
Go ahead, Ms. Ratansi.
12:55 p.m.
Liberal
Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Is the Phoenix study going to be done here or are we going to consolidate the study or let public accounts do it, because the department officials were before public accounts this morning? I don't know what the streamlining process is. Can we take their witness summary and incorporate it into our report?
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
We as a committee, of course, as you know, Madam Ratansi, have the ability to be the master of our own agenda. We can determine that. If you wish, I can certainly have a conversation with my counterpart, the chair of public accounts, and report back to the committee, and then we can make the final determination.
Raphaëlle has just informed me that public accounts will prepare a report. They are definitely going ahead with that. It would be up to us to determine whether we wish to do so.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
I'll have a conversation with Kevin Sorenson and report back.
Thank you all.
The meeting is adjourned.