Ms. Carolyne Blain at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On November 27th, 2018. See this statement in context.

November 27th, 2018 / 3:45 p.m.

Director General, Strategic Policy Sector, Acquisitions Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services

In terms of simplification, you're absolutely correct. One of our key commitments is absolutely to simplify procurement. Through our procurement modernization initiatives, we've endeavoured to undertake a number of specific areas that will target more simplified processes and approaches. We are even looking at how we can simplify the way we build contracts, and the types of clauses and conditions that are embedded in our contracts. Right now, we've seen examples of contracts that are over 200 pages—

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