Evidence of meeting #158 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 system.
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5:20 p.m.
Liberal
5:20 p.m.
Conservative
Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB
I have just one last question. When we did the maritime helicopter project, we went outside and hired Hitachi as kind of an oversight. Should we be looking at something similar to that for the frigates?
5:20 p.m.
Assistant Deputy Minister, Defence and Marine Procurement, Acquisitions Program, Department of Public Works and Government Services
As we have gone through the national shipbuilding strategy implementation over the last several years, we've relied quite a bit on external advice, third party advice from different firms, whether it's on costing or scheduling, or even on some of the formulation of the project. We also get advice from an independent adviser who is very experienced internationally in the delivery of ships, who is in contact with us constantly as we bounce ideas off him and he provides us advice.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
Kelly McCauley Conservative Edmonton West, AB
Are these as robust as perhaps the oversight that Hitachi was assisting us with for the maritime helicopter project?
5:25 p.m.
Assistant Deputy Minister, Defence and Marine Procurement, Acquisitions Program, Department of Public Works and Government Services
I would say that they are not exactly the same, but, having been involved in the maritime helicopter project myself with the national shipbuilding strategy, I think they're of the same kind. They're not exactly the same, but I think they're both very useful in the sense that they do bring a sober second thought to some of the thinking in the work we are doing.
December 6th, 2018 / 5:25 p.m.
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services
We also have fairness monitors heavily involved in the procurement as well to their end, in all the meetings, witnessing the process and providing observations to us as well.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
Thank you all, madame and gentlemen, for being here. If there's any additional information you think would be of benefit to any of our committee members or the clerk, I would suggest and encourage you to submit those pieces of information directly to our clerk.
Once again, thank you for being here. I hope you all have a very happy and prosperous Christmas and New Year.
The meeting is adjourned.
