Government Operations committee  Per year, it's roughly about $1.7 billion or $1.8 billion. It depends on the year, with the repair work.

Government Operations committee  Billion, yes. To date, I can tell you that we have spent $2.2 billion of the $5.9 billion.

Government Operations committee  Correct.

Government Operations committee  We pay for the projects. We pay for pass-through costs such as utilities and operations, etc.

Government Operations committee  And their markup.

Government Operations committee  Well, that's proprietary information, but I understand from my colleagues that they are prepared to share that with the committee in their testimony.

Government Operations committee  Well, there are two areas where fees can be applied in this contract. One is for the property management function and one is for project delivery. I will allow my colleagues from SNC-Lavalin to speak to their exact percentages.

Government Operations committee  First of all, you've put a number of things on the floor. I assure you that their markup is not 15%, first.

Government Operations committee  I know what it is, but it's not for me to divulge. I assure you it's not 15%.

Government Operations committee  That total amount per year includes labour costs, utilities operations, the repairs themselves, and their fee.

Government Operations committee  There was absolutely no change in terms of how we delivered our work through the economic action plan. We were very adamant about that. We didn't want two sets of rules or two different processes for our regular work and the economic action plan. I am very proud to say that we w

Government Operations committee  I can speak to part of that. Probably for a more fulsome answer, our colleagues from acquisitions branch would need to be here. We engage in briefings. We have an Office of Small and Medium Enterprises set up in the department, with an office in each of our regions. We provide b

Government Operations committee  There is oversight on the contracts that we provide in PWGSC, but taking into account the objective of this appearance, I assume you're referring to the contracts awarded by SNC-Lavalin O&M. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, there have been reviews of this contract in fo

Government Operations committee  Certainly. It starts with the fundamental principle that government should not be in competition with the private sector. If the private sector can deliver something the government requires, then we should be enabling that, to take advantage of their innovation, their capacities

Government Operations committee  First of all, on the subject of the invoices and the work you referred to, let me say that on the surface, 32 characters, which was about the field that was used in the invoices, does not describe the full amount of work that was done. So to simply say “changing a doorbell” or “i