Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To your three questions, I have three answers. The report will be made available to you. I made that commitment before. The second point I would make about the report, having gone through it, is that it's a mixture of what Madam Fraser has done, what I

Public Accounts committee  I've made my point. This is not in my hands. The only point I would make, Mr. Chairman, that makes sense is that we would be looking for a meaningful point of entry into the legislative system of the Senate and the House.

Public Accounts committee  I don't at this point, frankly. I have elements, and I made references to them earlier on, about accountability; ownership; transparency; how decisions will be arrived at; whether this will be reviewed, for instance, by the OAG; who will define results. There are a number of para

Public Accounts committee  We haven't done a lot of thinking at this point. The senior ADM was appointed Friday. But in my mind, the first steps in any good analysis would look at the models, would dissect the models, would draw out what I would call common trends, elements that seem to be compatible from

Public Accounts committee  I find it awkward to explain how the House and the Senate function, but the acronym stands for the Senate Standing Committee on Internal Economy.

Public Accounts committee  That's in the case of the House of Commons. The BOIE is the House of Commons, and COIE is the Senate. It's the same principle. Frankly, I'm not well positioned to give suggestions on matters that should be dealt with by the legislative branches of the Senate and Parliament. I w

Public Accounts committee  I'll start with the second question, and I'll let Mr. Wright handle the issue of the stairway. On the timing and why now, again, I'll speak from experience. When the report was developed by the parliamentary partners, the report referred to as the 2005 report, this was filed. At

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I will repeat some of the points I made, and it's not disrespect. We are moving into something new here, and I'll make the following points. We have a mandate to look at options. I have a senior assistant deputy minister who knows machinery issues, who comes from t

Public Accounts committee  Okay, so I'm getting there.

Public Accounts committee  What we plan to do, if I may, is carry out the analysis over the summer--that's not that long--and in the fall be able to engage our parliamentary partners. Normally, the way that's done will be through the clerks and for them to tap into BOIE, COIE.... That's going to be their c

Public Accounts committee  But it will be, through the point I made, in tapping into the clerks and the two committees.

Public Accounts committee  If I may, I think the consultation informs decision-making. It's part of the process.

Public Accounts committee  It's not a proposal; this is a course of action. But ultimately--

Public Accounts committee  It's the executive branch--

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. I would say that the precinct is rather unique in the sense that the people working there love their jobs. I'm not saying it's not the case elsewhere in my department, but it's very hands-on, it's very real. There has been a turnover. That's just the