Public Accounts Committee on March 24th, 2009

Evidence of meeting #11 for Public Accounts in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was framework.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Chapter 3, Contracting for Professional Services - Public Works and Government Services Canada of the December 2008 Report of the Auditor General of Canada

MPs speaking

Shawn Murphy
Yasmin Ratansi
Meili Faille
David Christopherson
Andrew Saxton
Bonnie Crombie
Daryl Kramp
Luc Desnoyers
Bev Shipley
John Weston
Terence Young

Also speaking

Sheila Fraser  Auditor General of Canada, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
François Guimont  Deputy Minister and Deputy Receiver General for Canada, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Daphne Meredith  Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Tedd Wood  Principal, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

5:20 p.m.

Deputy Minister and Deputy Receiver General for Canada, Department of Public Works and Government Services

François Guimont

I would simply say, Mr. Chairman, that I appreciate the input from the committee. I always welcome it. We're not going to let it go. We want to continuously improve and get our fundamentals right.

Thank you.

5:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy

I want to again thank you for your appearance.

The meeting is adjourned.