Mr. Yves Giroux at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 19th, 2023. See this statement in context.

October 19th, 2023 / 4:20 p.m.

Parliamentary Budget Officer, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

I think it would be a directive from the Treasury Board and the Treasury Board Secretariat so that departments can better distinguish between the cost of maintaining their IT systems on the one hand and the cost of improving digital services or introducing new services on the other. I think that would be the easiest way to track these two different types of spending streams.

Essentially, a directive from the Treasury Board and the Treasury Board Secretariat would probably be sufficient.

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