Government Operations committee  If I may, I'll turn to Nancy. Nancy, you would be best able to provide the level of precision and usefulness that MPs would demand.

Government Operations committee  Yes, please, Nancy.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, MP Block, and I'm sorry for having taken a bit more time than anticipated because of the technological adjustments that I had to learn and apply. I think it's a good idea, indeed, to move to questions. Thank you for doing that. On the guidance and the guidelines regar

Government Operations committee  That's a very good and important question. For the benefit of all members of Parliament on the committee, I would turn to Madam Owens, who is assistant comptroller general. I think she's on the call.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your guidance. Thank you for your recommendation. I will try to translate into French what I have here in English. In addition, we are asking employees to use their government-supplied mobile devices, whenever possible, to send and receive emails, in line with se

Government Operations committee  That's bizarre. It should be working. That is very strange. Can you hear me?

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Mr. Lukiwski, thank you for reminding me of the technologically appropriate steps. I will try to be as well behaved as I can and switch, as you said, from English to French as I move from one language to the other in my brief presentation. Thank you for inviting me

Government Operations committee  They were tabled yesterday, Matthew. They will be online very soon.

Government Operations committee  Very good. How much time do we have?

Government Operations committee  That's long enough to say how proud and pleased we are to have you with us, and welcome to the committee. Second, thank you so much for insisting on public transportation. It's true that in my city we are investing in Quebec City the largest investments ever made in the history

Government Operations committee  This is very important because, as we know very well, not only students in Canada are experiencing a difficult economic situation that is often very dire, but we need them and their investments in their human capital to continue to grow the economy while growing the middle class.

Government Operations committee  I could give you a fairly vague answer, but you have the right to know the exact amount. So I will ask my colleagues who are here to provide it to you. They will tell you what the proportion is, but they will also share with you the mechanisms through which that money is transfer

Government Operations committee  I'll perhaps make it more clear what the pilot project involved in terms of the use of vote 40. Vote 40 has now expired. The details of the use of vote 40 items are available online. You have the right and the responsibility to find out about them. We have now moved to the syste

Government Operations committee  As you would expect, given your long service to Canada and to Parliament in particular, these estimates and expenditures are revised and reviewed every year. There are natural changes to the levels of expenditures that departments in particular would receive and expect. You would

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Irek, and welcome to the committee and to Parliament, and thank you for your leadership. Now, here are three brief things. First, it's absolutely essential to be mindful of the anxiety that Canadians feel toward the effects of climate change and of course the impact