Mr. Matthew Shea at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 8th, 2018. See this statement in context.

May 8th, 2018 / 12:15 p.m.

Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Privy Council Office

I can.

I can say that it would have been part of the budget process. There is a call-out done by the Department of Finance for budget items. As part of that process, PCO would have fed into that and provided a request with a rationale of what it wants to do.

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