Evidence of meeting #122 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 phoenix.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Les Linklater  Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Marie Lemay  Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Michael Vandergrift  Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Sarah Paquet  Executive Vice-President, Shared Services Canada
Commissioner Alain Duplantie  Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Services, Shared Services Canada
Marty Muldoon  Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services

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Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Marie Lemay

Well, there's more engagement. There's more consultation. We follow all the different consultation processes. The Senate also is more active. There are a lot of reasons why the business has grown.

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Conservative

Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB

There's a lot more travel?

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Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Marie Lemay

Well, for example, we follow the commission on murdered and missing indigenous women. So for any of these commissions that are set up or engagement processes—

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Conservative

Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB

How much do you think is because of the extra travel and the committee travel and the missing and murdered women?

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Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Marie Lemay

Well, this is about interpretation and closed captioning, so do you mean the increase in volume is what specifically...? That, we'd have to go back to.

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Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Marty Muldoon

In addition, there are 30 extra MPs to support.

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Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Marie Lemay

That's true.

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Conservative

Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB

Okay. Thanks very much.

Before we finish, I just want to read in a motion. I hope I can get unanimous consent for this.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

But I can suspend it.

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Conservative

Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB

Yes. I'll be brief.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

I can tell the witnesses to leave, then?

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Conservative

Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB

They can stay for this, because it does concern them.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Okay.

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Conservative

Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB

In light of the news in the media that's come up recently with regard to our friends down in the States with the issue with Google and the data mining, I want to put through a motion again.

I hope I can get unanimous consent for this motion. Given the current investigation facing Facebook and its distribution of advertising analytics to third parties in the U.S.:

That the committee hold a briefing with the Privacy Commissioner to discuss Government of Canada advertising policy with Facebook and the potential impacts on data collection and dissemination with third parties at the expense of the Canadian taxpayer, and that meeting be held no later than Thursday, May 10, 2018.

I'm also open to maybe include Facebook to appear before then as well.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

For the committee's purposes, we haven't been given notice, but if the committee would like to bypass the process and give consent we could entertain the motion. What is the committee's will?

Mr. Drouin.

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Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Madam Chair, we would take this motion as a notice, and we could discuss that later.

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An hon. member

Or the subcommittee.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Fair enough.

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Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Or the subcommittee could discuss it.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Well, we could invite Mr. McCauley to put the motion on notice today, and then we could—

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Conservative

Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB

You're denying unanimous consent, then, Mr. Drouin?

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Liberal

Kyle Peterson Liberal Newmarket—Aurora, ON

He wants to see the French version. Do you have it in French?

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Can we get it translated—

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Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

I take it as an—

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Conservative

Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB

[Inaudible—Editor] the translation.