Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. We've circulated a deck in advance that I'll be referencing throughout the course of my opening remarks. HRSDC was created in 2006 to bring together the Government of Canada's social and labour market strategies in recognition of the linkages bet

Human Resources committee  As we announced in the budget, our department will reduce its spending by approximately $270 million over three years through strategic review. Our focus--

Human Resources committee  The reduction comes out of our department's base budget. It's a 5% reduction under strategic review.

Human Resources committee  It excludes the benefit programs.

Human Resources committee  The government is committed to reducing its spending and its size. To achieve this, it started with a number of initiatives, including the strategic review that you noted in your question. In 2010 HRSDC began a strategic review of its programs. These reviews are done on a regular

Human Resources committee  My understanding is that in Budget 2011 we announced the strategic review decision as it impacts HRSDC. The reduction we are looking at is $270 million over a three-year period.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. As I said in my previous response… the Service Canada officials who will be appearing after us are much better placed to answer the concerns raised by the member. We work very closely with Service Canada, but my experience is that it's best to have

Human Resources committee  With respect to the automation of our programs, the people appearing next from Service Canada are best placed to respond to that question.

Human Resources committee  I can give you a breakdown of where the department's contribution to the strategic review exercise came from. As I noted before, Budget 2011 announced that--

Human Resources committee  There's no decision on the strategic operating review.

Human Resources committee  Again, if you're referencing the strategic operating review, or SOR, that process is still under way and there have been no decisions taken on it. We can comment about the strategic review, where the details have been announced in Budget 2011.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, I have no problem accepting compliments on behalf of Service Canada, but I think it's best that it provide that information. As you know, it is appearing immediately after us today.

Human Resources committee  But I share your observation. I recently visited a Service Canada office in Iqaluit, and it's an extraordinary role they play for the citizens of that territory.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chairman, membres du comité, thank you for the opportunity to share Human Resources and Skills Development Canada's contribution to the road map for Canada's linguistic duality. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada's mission is to build a stronger and more competitiv

Official Languages committee  We shared all the content with the office of the deputy minister and the minister's office, but the speech was prepared by the people who work for me.