Government Operations committee  But you still have the power to make decisions. You obviously know that the topic of economic spinoffs has been much talked about. I come back to this issue, because for myself, as well as for many other colleagues, and the people living in Quebec and Canada, economic spinoffs are important.

Government Operations committee  So you are not taking into account the existing regional configuration. In this particular case, Quebec counted for one of the highest percentages in this industry. In the case of the automobile or garment industry, this may be true of a different region. But you have no desire to make this demand.

Government Operations committee  Even if my question is hypothetical, is this issue of concern to you?

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr. Fortier, Ms. Kenny, Mr. Marshall, thank you for appearing before us once again. You will be meeting with us again, as we will have the opportunity to invite you once again. Minister, in your statement, you raised several issues that are of interest to members of this committee.

Government Operations committee  In that case, we'll make sure to give you concrete examples, if there are any, since this topic is of interest to you. As regards the Boeing contract, at another standing committee, we heard Mr. O'Connor reply to colleagues that the transaction had to be done quickly in order to equip our armed forces, so on and so forth.

Government Operations committee  We received it on February 8.

Government Operations committee  We could decide on Thursday to invite her to come and meet with us.

Government Operations committee  I understand, and I believe my colleague when he says that he hasn't looked at it. It can happen that we don't have the time to look at everything the clerk and our researchers send us. I trust you. I don't believe you're setting a deadline in order to make us wait. I suggest we make that decision in a friendly manner on Thursday.

Government Operations committee  We have until April 16 to...

Government Operations committee  You all received it from the clerk. Through the Governor General of Canada, Mr. Harper appointed Ms. Jocelyne Bourgon, whom a number of you must know and who was Clerk of the Privy Council, senior advisor to the Privy Council Office. We're told she has been appointed during pleasure and that her salary will be between $218,800 and $257,500.

Government Operations committee  You don't print our paper currency?

Government Operations committee  You don't do that?

Government Operations committee  I'm not talking about coins; I'm talking about denominations, about paper money.

Government Operations committee  But you print it for us.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. I'd like to go back to the lessons learned with regard to Tim Hortons. Would you redo the same experience without proceeding by means of a call for tenders? If you had to repeat the experience, would you issue a call for tenders to determine who in the private sector would be interested in taking part?