Francis Drouin at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 27th, 2019. See this statement in context.

May 27th, 2019 / 4 p.m.

Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here.

I will follow up on the questions my colleague Mr. McCauley asked about how we can innovate in the public service. You said you were reviewing some of the programs. The words “red tape” are often used. Mr. Benay said that we want a public service that is in the 21st century, and we want to innovate in this direction.

Is there anyone internally who is looking into that? Are there barriers to the adoption of new technologies in the public service? I don't need to list the technological problems that have occurred.

We seem to be adopting agile procurement and agile projects. That's one thing the government has been pushing.

Are any barriers impacting the capacity of the government to adapt to new technologies and to innovate with Canadians at the same time?

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