Government Operations committee  When we get requests at Treasury Board, they will come in, we will do our due diligence and we will look at the costing that's associated with that project request. We have a centre of expertise on costing that works with the Department of National Defence to look at the costin

Government Operations committee  Just to further elaborate, we have updated our Treasury Board policies on procurement. We're very explicit in that policy that communications with contractors and suppliers, including debriefs, need to be undertaken in both official languages, or in the official language requeste

Government Operations committee  I would defer to my colleague, Monia Lahaie, who is responsible for the costing centre.

Government Operations committee  I'll be happy to answer that. About 60% of the government's vehicle operation is for light-duty, and 60% of the 30,000 vehicles, 18,000, are for conventional light-duty versus, say, security vehicles. That's where the focus is in terms of electrifying our light-duty vehicles.

Government Operations committee  That's a great question. Whenever we go out for procurement, we try to follow the open, fair, competitive process, so we would competitively tender those. It's difficult to say or predict how the market is shifting or changing and who would compete for those procurements, but

Government Operations committee  That is a good question. We know that in the past few years Canada's automotive industry has become one of the leaders—the top 12 producers—of light-duty vehicles, and Canadian companies are leading the way in developing some of these technologies. In the past few years, manufa

Government Operations committee  The procurement during COVID-19 would have followed the framework and processes that we have in place—existing legislation and regulations. PSPC, which I know will be at this committee later this week, is the contracting authority that would have led those big procurements, so t

Government Operations committee  In terms of what we as a department are doing for accessibility, I might turn to my colleague Karen Cahill. With respect to the mandate commitments, we are currently looking at how we could update our procurement policies to better embed principles around human trafficking and e

Government Operations committee  In terms of the specific building, we wouldn't have the details because, as you said, it is not a building that the Treasury Board owns. In terms of the disposal process, there are two stages. In the first stage, there are legal requirements before you dispose of a property. Th

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the opportunity. The answer is, it depends. In our policy, we set out that when you're disposing, you look at conserving the heritage value of the properties. There are procedures that you follow that are set out, I believe by Heritage Canada, so there are mandator

Government Operations committee  You've done a good summary. You could do my job, I think. Yes, essentially, when you're disposing, you need to undertake an assessment. You work with Parks Canada, and then as you dispose, you take those factors into consideration.

Government Operations committee  Yes, that's correct. As I was saying before, there are first legal requirements that you have to follow. There's a legal duty to consult with indigenous people. The second step when you start the policy process is what we call priority circulation. We circulate those to federal

Government Operations committee  There would be an appraisal process. You would have a sense of the fair market value before you go to tender.

Government Operations committee  As the government announced in August of the past year, we'll be phasing in the target over three years. I am pleased to say that up on our website is a mandatory procedure now for all departments on how they can meet that 5% target. That is a floor, not a ceiling. That mandatory

Government Operations committee  What we have set up is accountability through reporting. There are two ways in which we're doing that. We've been working with departments and with indigenous partners as well in setting up that accountability. First, we've updated our requirements around proactive disclosure,