Government Operations committee  This is the beginning of the project.

Government Operations committee  It's going to be a seven-year project.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand the question has to do with the infill and the creation of the chamber as we move to the Centre Block, so I'll let the assistant deputy minister, Pierre-Marc Mongeau, answer the question.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The simple answer to the question is that on the issue of the pay transactions, the 95% mentioned has to be processed within an established timeframe, and right now, we are able to report that we're at 95.7%.

Government Operations committee  Oh. I understand your question. We have a committee that I chair with the associate deputy minister. On a quarterly basis, we sit down and we review the report card. Assistant deputy ministers—and the one responsible for that measure is here today—have to report to it.

Government Operations committee  We report to ourselves in the sense that it's a report card with measures that we have established as being meaningful measures in the department, and the assistant deputy minister is responsible for reporting this data to the table.

Government Operations committee  By the way, if I may, Mr. Chair, I think this is important. This information is shared with my audit committee that I chair, with three external members.

Government Operations committee  Yes. This is where the CFO comes in handy. If I may, Mr. Chair.

Government Operations committee  Yes, it will. The intent is twofold. Right now, it is administered throughout, so we would centralize that to the tune of about 550 people in Miramichi, which will now become the centre of expertise, and pay will be administered for the federal public service through that centre

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I appreciate it. As a first step, we tried to get our hands on the report. The only thing we got at the time, which was some weeks ago when the story broke, was essentially—and I use the words loosely here—an executive summary, which we did get hold o

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. A couple of points, Mr. Chairman, if I can, for the committee to start with. We are right now in a five-year block of funding for the LTVP, the long-term vision for the precinct. Mr. Chairman, you're very familiar with the West Block. A lot of our eff

Government Operations committee  I hope someone is nodding in the back. For the La Promenade building, you know that a number of parliamentarians are in that building. I feel that we did very well there. That was delivered on time, and—if I remember well—it was below budget, or on budget. I'll just stick with t

Government Operations committee  Actually, there are two answers to your question. First, with respect to Public Works and Government Services Canada, we transferred over 1,400 employees, at an expense of $100 million, and an additional $13 million for administrative costs, for a total of $113 million. As for c

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Minister. We are, in the main estimates, now showing the second year of our strategic review reduction, so that is the number referred to. That number essentially equates to about 118 people, just to put things in perspective. Going back to the point of the Minister—

Official Languages committee  I have to report to the Clerk.