Public Accounts committee  Okay, that's very good. I see in paragraph 2.29 and 2.30 that the Auditor General is pointing out that when the goods arrive in Kandahar, that seems to be the most difficult time at which we can lose control. I am concerned that there is pilferage and that it ends up in enemy ha

Public Accounts committee  Are medical staff and medical equipment being addressed on the front line?

Public Accounts committee  I have two more points left. Paragraph 2.47 talks about the need for the contracting process. That sometimes kind of slows things up. Are you maintaining an adequate inventory bank here in Canada so that the tendering process does not hamper you in any way, shape, or form, so th

Public Accounts committee  The last question I have is on paragraph 2.55. In some cases we are relying on our allies there, and they don't always come through. Are we able to ensure that if the allies don't come through, we can carry it ourselves?

Public Accounts committee  What is the role three hospital? Can you define that for us?

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to start by congratulating General Natynczyk on his promotion to the Chief of Defence Staff. I also want to say hello to my good friend General Tim Grant. If the Afghan mission is in his hands, it's in good hands. Welcome to Parliament.

Public Accounts committee  I have two concerns: getting proper supplies to our soldiers, and minimizing corruption in the war zone. These are the two things that I think are fundamentally important. Yes, there are losses and slippage and shrinkage of inventory. But even retail stores here in Canada have sh

Public Accounts committee  We can get that entered into the record, Mr. Chair, and perhaps he can give us a synopsis of it.

Public Accounts committee  Item 12, Mr. Chair, “That on October 28, 2008, the Committee commence consideration of a study on Performance Pay in the Federal Public Service.” What's going on here?

Public Accounts committee  What we can do, Mr. Chairman, is get a report from the Treasury Board and then decide if we'll have a meeting.

Public Accounts committee  I'm fairly sure that the system has been revamped. So rather than setting our sight at a meeting...because what are we going to study? We have no documentation. I would ask that Treasury Board submit a report of the current policy and we take a look at that, and then if we think

Public Accounts committee  I thought it had.

Public Accounts committee  Is there any end to that thing?

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, it says the committee resumes consideration of the study of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer on October 21. What are we resuming? I thought we were finished with that.

Public Accounts committee  I would move that we delete that.