Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I can talk about the PCO. I can speak about workforce adjustment in terms of impacts on employees, if the committee would like me to do that.

Government Operations committee  As we said earlier, Budget 2012 has a three-year timeframe. The primary tool for achieving a smaller workforce, which is what we're doing at the Privy Council Office in order to achieve those savings, is to use the workforce adjustment policy and directives. That policy has a 16-

Government Operations committee  That's correct.

Government Operations committee  Perhaps I will speak to the timeline, and then Mr. Bélisle can speak to the cost controls. On the timeline, Privy Council Office itself does not drive that. It's the head of every commission of inquiry who drives that, so in this case, Justice Cohen. Privy Council Office really

Government Operations committee  The work that Minister Ritz will do will be supported by his department and its funding structure. The funding for the RCC that is being transferred to the Privy Council Office in these estimates is to specifically support the secretariat function and the folks at the PCO who ar

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. One of the important things to understand about the Privy Council Office is that we're all people. We don't have any programs. We have three main roles: to provide advice to the Prime Minister, to support cabinet and cabinet committees, and

Government Operations committee  We can't. So there has been an impact on people, and as a result we've had to invoke the workforce adjustment policy and directive. I believe I advised the committee that we had done that when I appeared before you on April 30 on our main estimates. We'd be pleased to give you fu

Government Operations committee  I certainly can speak to your question on program subactivities. The question about how many people have lost their jobs has a bit of a separate answer. Perhaps I'll start with the subactivity question first.

Government Operations committee  As you may know, the Privy Council Office published its planned savings under Budget 2012 by its five program activities on our website recently. Because we're a smaller department, we have fewer subactivities than other departments to support the core mandate. It's actually ea

Government Operations committee  Insofar as it pertains to the implementation of the action plan announced on December 7, 2011, PCO has the lead in government, but it works very closely with its security and border counterparts across government, and they have a critical role. For instance, Mr. Moloney, who is t

Government Operations committee  I'm afraid I don't have that level of detail with me here today, but if the committee would like, I'd be pleased to provide it.

Government Operations committee  Yes, they do. There are two counterparts on the American side. With respect to the RCC component of the work, their counterpart is the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, which is where the U.S. side of the RCC is housed. The border action plan is done, as I understand it, dire

Government Operations committee  The role of the Privy Council Office in implementing the perimeter security and economic competitiveness action plan is to act as the house for the whole-of-government initiative on behalf of the Canadian government. As I stated in my opening remarks, it has two parts. There is,

Government Operations committee  Obviously, Mr. Moloney would be better placed to speak to the details of the work, but it's my understanding that this work is going well and is on track and on plan. Today, Mr. Moloney is in Washington, meeting with his American counterparts, as he does on a regular basis. To g

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Hello, everyone. I am pleased to meet with the members of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. Today, I am accompanied by Wilma Vreeswijk, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Business Transformation and Renewal Secretariat, by Ian Mc