Public Accounts committee  Treasury Board.

Public Accounts committee  There should be a Treasury Board document, right?

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, I think we were asked to come to talk about chapter 6 of the Auditor General's report. We weren't prepared to come to talk about the Mi-17s. I think the minister has answered whatever questions might be put to him in the House on the Mi-17.

Public Accounts committee  The Mi-17s were leased in full accordance with Treasury Board rules and policy, Mr. Chairman, and the Auditor General would ultimately be welcome to audit that particular acquisition.

Public Accounts committee  If I could, Mr. Chairman, I don't know exactly the ages of the Chinook Ds. Dan Ross would know it. Members will remember that we were advised by the independent panel on the future of the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, led by John Manley and others, to make sure that we had a

Public Accounts committee  What kind of a document would the committee like, Mr. Chairman?

Public Accounts committee  Merci beaucoup. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I actually will be very brief. I appreciate this opportunity to join you today to discuss chapter 6 of the 2010 fall report of the Auditor General pertaining to the procurement of new military h

Public Accounts committee  I'd actually like to take about 30 seconds, Mr. Chair, if I could. I'd like to come back to comments articulated by a number of members, but probably most clearly by Mr. Christopherson in what were, in some ways, charitable comments about the process and the commitment of public

Public Accounts committee  No, thank you, Mr. Chair. I have no comment.

Public Accounts committee  I will give a very quick opening statement on that, and then Treasury Board may want to speak to this, because a project was running under Treasury Board--and now with Public Works--on streamlining military procurement. You have heard a number of comments about the integrated na

Public Accounts committee  All I would say, Mr. Chairman, is that procuring this type of equipment for this type of a situation always has very significant inherent risks as to what is actually available at what time, the kinds of bets people need to make, and the kinds of judgment they need to bring to it

Public Accounts committee  That's a great question. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. François, do you want to...?

Public Accounts committee  That's a great question. Thank you for it. Mr. Chairman, it's obviously a capability question. As to what the Canadian Forces need going forward into the kinds of theatres they expect the government might want to have them deploy to, I'll turn it back to my colleagues, to the g

Public Accounts committee  I think we can probably write it down.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I think two weeks would be fine. I would just like to clarify precisely what is being asked for. The member has asked for an understanding or an explanation of how the decision was actually made and what went into it. It's not clear to me that there's a briefing note that a