Government Operations committee  Thank you. As you know, Canada's Economic Action Plan was created to react to a global economic crisis. The June 2011 budget continued to adapt the action plan, and the government adopted an integrated and coordinated communications plan. The purpose in this case was to better i

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, maybe I could just try to clarify one other item, which is that, in respect of the Conservative Party of Canada advertisements, we, as public servants, have no connection, no influence, no relationship with the timing or placement of those ads. We work with ad companie

Government Operations committee  I can't speak for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chairman, I will start an answer. I must confess, I don't know whether they're in HD. I can get the information and we'll get back to you in terms of why they would have to be in HD, as opposed to--

Government Operations committee  Public Works is responsible for contracting. Privy Council Office has a broad responsibility for coordinating, including coordination of economic advertising. I will try to respond to several of your questions. In terms of costs, last year $49 million was spent on advertising

Government Operations committee  I'm saying that in the face of the historic downturn a few years ago, the government began--

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  There are still a number of benefits and services available to Canadians in terms of the economic action plan suite of programs.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, if I can add to that, there was a deputy ministers steering committee and a series of specific SWAT teams, if you like, of subcommittees of deputies to ensure that coordination. So among the central agencies, with the key departments, and, frankly, with the engagement

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me add just a couple of brief opening remarks. First, to echo what Yaprak said, our thanks go to the Auditor General and their team for the professionalism and for the care they took with the work. Our congratulations to you. Thank you for the o