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Public Accounts committee I didn't exist at that point. I think perhaps to give you the kind of colour commentary play-by-play that it sounds like you're looking for, perhaps it's best if I turn either to you, Andrew, or to Maude. Andrew, why don't you lead off?
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Madam Chair, through you, we will undertake a thorough analysis of the program, particularly against its fundamental objective, as I've said before, of maintaining the working relationship, the employment relationship, between an individual and their employer, which continues to be the objective of this program.
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Madam Chair, through you, I think we'll undertake a thorough analysis of the program in all its aspects.
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Madam Chair, I will turn that question to my colleague Andrew Marsland.
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Madam Chair, I will pass this on to my colleague Andrew Marsland, who was there. He lived through this period, and of course I did not. Just very briefly, however, these things are always a combination of effort between the government and the public service. I think that was very much the case here.
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Madam Chair, I'd like to turn to my colleagues Andrew Marsland or Maude Lavoie on that point.
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Yes, that's correct. This has been a major initiative of the government. I think that by the time all is said and done with this program, its total contribution to the Canadian economy and to protecting Canadian jobs will be something in the order of $100 billion to $110 billion.
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for your invitation today. I am pleased to be here along with some of my colleagues from the Department of Finance: Andrew Marsland, whom you all know from previous meetings; Isabelle Jacques, our chief counsel; and Maude Lavoie, the director general of business income tax in the department.
June 8th, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee I think the quickest way to respond to your question, Mr. Lawrence, is to pass it to my colleague, Andrew Marsland, who was there at the time.
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee I understand your question, Mr. Blanchette-Joncas. However, we can't change the rules or the law. As I said earlier in response to a question, one of the aims of those rules is to protect the government's right of access to advice from the public service and to encourage the government to solicit such advice.
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Madam Chair, for the specifics of that question, I'll turn to my colleague Andrew Marsland.
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Thank you for those comments, Mr. Blanchette-Joncas. I think I essentially answered that same question a few moments ago. We fully disclosed to the Auditor General all the analyses and work that our people at the Department of Finance performed both while this program was being developed and in the course of collaborative efforts and consultations outside the department.
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Through you, Madam Chair, Mr. Green, again, you understand the rules under which our system works and the provision of advice. Therefore, to respect those rules and indeed the law with respect to confidences of the Queen's Privy Council, those are not details we can enter into. If you have an issue with that—which you seem to, and which is fair on your part—then I think asking us that question is obviously....
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee Madam Chair, I'm going to give Mr. Green a two-part answer. I'm going to make a couple of comments and then I'm going to ask my colleague, Andrew Marsland—
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia
Public Accounts committee I would say that a focus of this whole program has been maximizing the scope and reach of the program. Therefore, there was at the time, I think, very much a focus on keeping this as simple and broad as possible, because the objective was to help as many Canadians as possible, which I think the program is succeeding in doing, and to help as many Canadian businesses, particularly smaller businesses, and particularly in some heavily—
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Michael Sabia