Government Operations committee  The e-mails that—

Government Operations committee  The only e-mails that remain are the residual e-mails that remain after the application of records management guidelines. Employees have a responsibility to go through their records, make sure they keep those of archival value, if they're public servants, and have them to be able

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. Some of you will know that over the past couple of years we have gone through several deficit reduction efforts. First, in our strategic review, as all departments did in 2011, PCO did theirs then. Then in 2012 we did the same thing in the deficit re

Government Operations committee  Thank you and good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. Thank you for inviting us to appear before you today. As you know, I am accompanied by Ms. Karen Cahill, Executive Director of the Finance and Corporate Planning Division of the Corporate Services Branch, in the

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. Insofar as the question of how we will compensate for the reduction of employees by the Privy Council Office regardless of where it occurs, whether it's in internal services or whether it's in policy advice or communications advice, the approach of th

Government Operations committee  I think globally the answer would be no. The reason for that is because it's actually pretty tricky to hire external contractors to provide policy advice to the Prime Minister. We certainly use them on an occasional basis, but on the day-to-day advice, because of the sensitivity

Government Operations committee  It would appear that today is my opportunity to actually explain the organizational structure of the Privy Council Office, and I'm really pleased to have the chance to do that. There are a number of parts of the Privy Council Office that support the government's international ag

Government Operations committee  That's correct, so we certainly have no wish to get in the way of the individual mandates of departments. They do a terrific job at carrying out difficult mandates. As you will appreciate, there is a need for the Prime Minister to have that whole-of-government perspective. A cor

Government Operations committee  I'm going to—

Government Operations committee  In my capacity as the ADM for the corporate services branch of the Privy Council Office, I think I'll be a little bit careful about weighing in on the question of peace dividends. I will tell you that when I look at the nature and quality of the expenditure plan that's set out he

Government Operations committee  My understanding is that you'd like to have a breakdown of the budget in my branch through to the years you have indicated.

Government Operations committee  If it's the wish of the committee, I'm happy to see what I can provide in that regard.

Government Operations committee  The Privy Council Office has undertaken in the past few years two tranches of deficit reduction measures. The first was our strategic review commitments, which were announced in budget 2011, and then of course the deficit reduction action plan. I highlight both of those because t

Government Operations committee  Yes, it did.

Government Operations committee  Yes, there were significant cost savings as a result of that transformation.