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Official Languages committee No, not at all in my case.
March 1st, 2012Committee meeting
David McGovern
Official Languages committee I have no idea. I don't have any information on that subject, but I can put the question to people who work with us.
March 1st, 2012Committee meeting
David McGovern
Official Languages committee Mr. Chairman, membres du comité, thank you for the opportunity to share Human Resources and Skills Development Canada's contribution to the road map for Canada's linguistic duality. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada's mission is to build a stronger and more competitiv
March 1st, 2012Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee Mr. Chairman, I have no problem accepting compliments on behalf of Service Canada, but I think it's best that it provide that information. As you know, it is appearing immediately after us today.
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee But I share your observation. I recently visited a Service Canada office in Iqaluit, and it's an extraordinary role they play for the citizens of that territory.
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee I can give you a breakdown of where the department's contribution to the strategic review exercise came from. As I noted before, Budget 2011 announced that--
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee There's no decision on the strategic operating review.
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee Again, if you're referencing the strategic operating review, or SOR, that process is still under way and there have been no decisions taken on it. We can comment about the strategic review, where the details have been announced in Budget 2011.
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee Thank you for your question. As I said in my previous response… the Service Canada officials who will be appearing after us are much better placed to answer the concerns raised by the member. We work very closely with Service Canada, but my experience is that it's best to have
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee With respect to the automation of our programs, the people appearing next from Service Canada are best placed to respond to that question.
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee My understanding is that in Budget 2011 we announced the strategic review decision as it impacts HRSDC. The reduction we are looking at is $270 million over a three-year period.
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee As we announced in the budget, our department will reduce its spending by approximately $270 million over three years through strategic review. Our focus--
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee The reduction comes out of our department's base budget. It's a 5% reduction under strategic review.
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee It excludes the benefit programs.
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern
Human Resources committee The government is committed to reducing its spending and its size. To achieve this, it started with a number of initiatives, including the strategic review that you noted in your question. In 2010 HRSDC began a strategic review of its programs. These reviews are done on a regular
September 29th, 2011Committee meeting
David McGovern