Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I would repeat my earlier comment that as we are in the process now of evaluating and assessing the final receipts we've received for project expenses incurred, I do not have a specific date for when that work will be completed, but it is being dealt with. I am equall

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I would add one thing to my previous comments. If you look at the challenges that Canadians and the country face when they look to government for activities or efforts to address some of these, those issues do not live within one specific ministry. Increasingly, they

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I guess my comment on it is that I think we have been completely transparent in our indication that our role is to support the government in its ability to publicly report to Canadians on the results of this action plan. I think that as bureaucrats it is not our prero

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. Perhaps I'll start first with some comments and then turn it over to my colleagues at the Treasury Board. In terms of this kind of cross-ministry collaboration, I think we as public servants would say that we endeavour on an ongoing continual basis to ensure that eff

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. As you can appreciate, the Privy Council Office has a coordination role in working with departments and also plays an advisory role, both to the Prime Minister and in support of cabinet decision-making. In the context of the economic action plan imp

Public Accounts committee  Rick Stewart, from Privy Council Office.