Public Accounts committee  Good morning. I'd like to begin by acknowledging that I'm coming to you from Ottawa, the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I am pleased to have this opportunity to provide you with an update on the steps we have taken in response to the findings

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. I will speak to Infrastructure Canada's delivery of programs and project service standards. As mentioned previously, within the overall investing in Canada plan, there are 21 departments and 90 different programs. Infrastructure Canada i

Public Accounts committee  That predated the Auditor General's report.

Public Accounts committee  One of the key elements of what the Auditor General talked about is the flow of funds and the profiles. On our website at this juncture, within the horizontal initiatives table that I mentioned in my opening remarks, we have different sections that are easier to find. There is

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. There has been no additional money allocated to the plan. The plan has remained overall at $188 billion, and that is what we're tracking for the investing in Canada plan. There has been, in a number of departments, investments in infrastruc

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question, Chair. I think globally infrastructure.... I'm sorry. I'm getting echoes in my mike right now. I don't know if it's just me.

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry about this. I was just hearing echoes for a second, but now I do not hear them. I think it is okay.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. Infrastructure investments globally right now are very important as part of economic recovery, but also as we look at the standard of living of populations. The United States has put together quite an ambitious infrastructure plan. If we look at the U.K., Australia, w

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. The horizontal initiative tool is a template that Treasury Board Secretariat prescribes for horizontal initiatives such as this, where a number of departments are all contributing to certain outcomes. This particular tool, which is available on our w

Public Accounts committee  This particular horizontal table provides in one place an overview of all of the 21 departments' 90 programs and the indicators for each of the programs. It also provides links directly to the departments and more information regarding those particular programs. If you look at t

Public Accounts committee  The horizontal initiatives table, which is published on our website, is a tool that we have augmented and improved following the Auditor General's report and recommendations. It includes all 90-plus programs from the 21 departments. It has been regarding the flow of funds. We hav

Public Accounts committee  An audit like this is very important to help us understand where we need to improve on Infrastructure Canada and the investing in Canada plan. We had a lot of information on our website about the plan, but there's always room for improvement. Among the more specific things, the

Public Accounts committee  We had the table, but it didn't show the information for the old programs, as the Auditor General mentioned. The table included all the new programs that were launched in the context of the 2016 and 2017 budgets. Earlier programs were not included, because they existed before the

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. When we look at the investing in Canada plan, we see there are 21 departments and 90 programs involved, so when you go down to the project level, that will vary depending on the department, the program and how it's managed. I'll speak to Infrastructu

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. We and the partner departments have worked quite diligently since the Auditor General's report to improve our protocols, data sharing and consistency of information, so it enables us to report more efficiently and more effectively. I can give you a g