Good morning, Minister. Thanks for appearing today before committee along with your team.
I was interested to hear about your vision. In your speech, you recognized that government IT projects have not gone as well in the past because of our old way of working and due to the aging government IT systems. You wrote, “A group of very well-meaning people in one department work on an application over several years and then we implement and the system struggles.” It's a very strong statement. I think it speaks a lot to what's going on and to the status quo of our system.
In that case, it leads me to ask you, Minister, if you would support a study by this committee to look further into the aging government IT system and accept recommendations on how we can improve services for all Canadians. Would you accept a study?