Evidence of meeting #104 for Public Accounts in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was accenture.
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Assistant Comptroller General, Financial Management Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat
Speaking from my perspective, I have not been engaged on that file at this point.
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
Has Minister Anand not spoken to the ministry, to your knowledge?
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Assistant Comptroller General, Financial Management Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat
She has spoken to the ministry—
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
Was it in the last 24 hours and in relation to this embarrassment?
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Assistant Comptroller General, Financial Management Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat
I don't know what was discussed with the minister.
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
To your knowledge, has she been in contact with the ministry in the last 24 hours?
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Assistant Comptroller General, Financial Management Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat
I don't know.
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
You don't know.
What about the other representative from the Treasury Board? We have a few here from the Treasury Board.
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Blair Kennedy Senior Director, Government Accounting Policy and Reporting, Treasury Board Secretariat
I have no knowledge either.
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
You have no knowledge as well.
To the Department of Finance, has Minister Freeland, the Deputy Prime Minister, in the last 24 hours, reached out to ministry officials—
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Conservative
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative John Williamson
Mr. Brock is free to ask the questions. I think we just had a sample of what the answers are going to be. This is his time. The witnesses are more than capable of informing us of what they know and, in this case, don't know.
Mr. Brock, you have three minutes and 20 seconds left.
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
Has Minister Freeland, in the last 24 hours, reached out and asked to know if anyone in the ministry is also receiving funds as a contractor, yes or no?
February 29th, 2024 / 4:10 p.m.
Evelyn Dancey Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy Branch, Department of Finance
To my knowledge, no.
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy Branch, Department of Finance
I simply wouldn't know.
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
In light of the news you've heard in the last 24 hours, have you on your own—anyone here representing these ministries—double-checked to see whether or not people are moonlighting as contractors while already on the government payroll, yes or no?
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy Branch, Department of Finance
For my part, no.
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Conservative
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Senior Director, Government Accounting Policy and Reporting, Treasury Board Secretariat
It's no for me as well.
