Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll start, and then I'll ask my colleague Bill Matthews to give more details. I would say that the estimates have provided more information to support Parliament when its voting on supply. We have seen the presentation of horizontal activities, for exampl

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The supply process was indeed interrupted by the election. That's not a comment on the election, but just what happened as a result of prorogation of Parliament. As a result, we either had to deplete existing votes or seek authority from the Governor Genera

Public Accounts committee  I'll start. Thank you for the question. On the Governor General's special warrants, as Bill Matthews mentioned, when Parliament was prorogued, the supplementary estimates and the appropriations bill for the last supply period had not been voted. So to close off the fiscal year

Public Accounts committee  —not the red tape commission. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. This is just a small point, but one of the elements is that we call it the Red Tape Reduction Commission—

Public Accounts committee  Lots of people say that, and I keep making that little, fine point. One of the elements that came out of the first set of the “What Was Heard Reports”, and that was also picked up in the budget, was the development of a small business lens. One of the key elements we have heard

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, the strategic reviews that we completed last year, the four-year cycle, looked at program expenditures but did not particularly focus on operating expenditures. This year the strategic and operating review, as part of the deficit reduction action plan basically.... And

Public Accounts committee  I actually believe it will be the opposite. A web-based approach allows for a greater degree of information and greater flexibility in the use or manipulation, in the good sense of the term, of the information and data. I think that is indeed where governments are increasingly go

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. John picked up on a couple of those elements. I would say one of the primary elements has been to codify in legislation the traditional approach, or an understood approach, to the role of accounting officers, the role of deputy heads of organizations, their responsibi

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for that, Mr. Chairman, and for the opportunity to appear before the committee. It's my first appearance in its new constitution, so congratulations to you all. I'm sure I'll be back a few times. Given your interest, I will give a brief overview of the roles and resp

Public Accounts committee  I am Michelle d'Auray, Secretary of the Treasury Board. Secretary to the Treasury Board.

Government Operations committee  Once again, that will depend on the number of persons who will choose to avail themselves of this. As I indicated, collective agreements were concluded with close to 100,000 people. This does not mean that they will leave tomorrow, but simply that a good number of them will be en

Government Operations committee  We used prior calculations and referred to past experience, in other situations. We also consulted colleagues who establish forecasts concerning the take-up of various benefits. They told us, after looking at our analyses, that approximately 75% of those entitled to these payment

Government Operations committee  It is up to a maximum, I think. It hovers between 28 and 30 weeks.

Government Operations committee  Yes, up to a maximum.