Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Let me add that there's an opportunity here. I don't think anybody is suggesting wasteful spending, or handouts, or any of those things; that's really not what this is about. The question at the end of the day is this: if you're going to spend a dollar anyway, how do you spend it

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  If we as governments are buying inputs, not outcomes--speaking to the earlier point about IP, which I think my colleague discussed--there's a softer side to IP. We can talk about IP as patents, but when you do projects or undertake initiatives, you build capabilities, you build a

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  If I may add to that, I do agree that we have a lot of advantages in this country, and we do have leadership, in many cases. I think we tend probably to underpromise and overdeliver, as an industry and as Canadian corporations across the world. But this is a race without a finish

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Thank you, Terry. I want to thank you for the opportunity to say a few words to you today. It is an honour for me to be here, and I thank you. I'm with CGI. I've been with CGI for 22 years. I've been able to participate in and witness CGI's growth into a company that today is

Government Operations committee  TJX.

Government Operations committee  If I may comment on your question about the percentage shares, I don't know how those numbers are measured, whether they are measured in terms of direct business obtained by those companies or whether they also include revenues derived from the other firms. But I have to tell you

Government Operations committee  I can speak about our industry, though. We are a large employer of IT people in this country, but are second largest behind you as the Government of Canada. You employ many more people than we do. Again, if you do projects, that work will get out there, and small and big companie

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. I do share your hope and objective of building more champions in Canada that could compete across the world. I will directly answer your question about the number of employees. We have 16,000 employees in Canada, and in Ontario alone we have about

Government Operations committee  Merci, Madame. If I may, I will answer in English. We're proud of our success. I still believe that we are a company that still acts like a small company in many ways, being entrepreneurial. Entrepreneurship is one of our core values. We are still growing. We compete on an inter

Government Operations committee  I would like to add, if I may, to what Louis has said. There were two parts to your question: the use of large firms and the SME staffing versus other ICT SMEs, and the underlying theme of shared services. I want to go back to my presentation on shared services. I covered the gro

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Linda. Merci and thank you, Mr. Chair, and to the committee members for giving all of us this opportunity to speak to you today. If I may introduce myself, my name is Hicham Adra. I've been with CGI for 21 years. I lead our operations here in the national capital r