Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Basically, what we look at first and foremost is if the investments made in technology are aligned to the priorities of the department. We start with that.
When there is a direction set in the Speech from the Throne or the budget, one of the first things we look at, working in concert with our program branches, is what the specific requirements are going to be compared with what we currently have available. Then as we go through and identify the requirements, we start to cost out what is required, whether it's any kind of upgrade, code development, people skills, etc. At the end of that assessment, we have a budget that we put in place, in terms of being able to deliver on that particular requirement. It goes back through the governance process in the department to ensure that it is, again, aligned, and that it has scrutiny in terms of what the assessment results were.
If we receive the support from what we call our portfolio management committee that the deputy chairs, then we actually go and develop a detailed implementation plan to address those requirements.