Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much for the question. I'm happy to indicate that we have now made modifications to the terms and conditions, so the supply arrangements used for cloud service providers, as of next week—as we begin the new fiscal year—will be modified to include the new requirements with respect to greenhouse gas emissions.

Public Accounts committee  It will be for any new call-ups against those contracts—any new activities done by these pre-qualified suppliers that are qualified for these new activities under these existing arrangements. It would require them to comply with these attestations on greenhouse gas emissions.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for that question. I would just note that we have a physical inspection regime that has our employees doing the site inspections for cloud service providers as well as personnel security screening. Those are the two main activities that PSPC does to ensure that the cloud service providers are meeting their expectations.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'm pleased to be here with you and members of the committee to discuss how Public Services and Procurement Canada is responding to the audit of “Cybersecurity of Personal Information in the Cloud”. With me today is Catherine Poulin, assistant deputy minister of our Departmental Oversight Branch.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. As I mentioned, we are nearly there. Negotiations are coming to an end. Perhaps Mr. Page would like to add something on this.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for that question. The overall program costs for AOPS one to six are approximately $5 billion—

Public Accounts committee  There indeed have been some operational issues identified that are the subject of some ongoing work with DND. I don't think we've arrived at a fully costed resolution of that, but I'll let Simon—

Public Accounts committee  We have not yet resolved that issue completely. It's still under discussion.

Public Accounts committee  I'm not in a position today to talk about the outcome of those discussions, but there are active discussions on the issue.

Public Accounts committee  It's a bit of a hypothetical scenario, but I can let Simon speak to the facts of where we're at on the investigation.

Public Accounts committee  Rather than trying to summarize it in 20 seconds, I might refer the member to our annual report on the national shipbuilding strategy, which has all the job creation numbers that are updated on an annual basis.

Public Accounts committee  I can answer the question. We have a system of governance for the responsibilities of the three departments. The Canadian Coast Guard is responsible for operational requirements, Public Services and Procurement Canada is responsible for the procurement process, and Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada is responsible for looking at the economic impact.

Public Accounts committee  We have completed six large vessels through the national shipbuilding strategy, including the three delivered Arctic offshore patrol ships that I mentioned earlier.

Public Accounts committee  I don't have that number at my fingertips, unfortunately. I don't know if Simon does.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for that question. As I mentioned in my remarks, we're in the very final stages of negotiating the umbrella agreement with Chantier Davie as the third strategic partner. We would have three yards at our disposal for executing the national shipbuilding strategy. That's why it is an important mitigation factor.