Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. What we proactively disclose is the amount of the contract, so it's not in terms of the actual drawdown from an expenditure. We have an obligation to post all contracts over $10,000. As we indicated earlier when we were looking at the contract that wa

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. As the president indicated earlier, these contracts were onboarded from the 43 different departments as they were doing individual contracts. We actually started having contracts under Services Canada at the first quarter of this fiscal, so what you'

Government Operations committee  I would just like to start by clarifying that when we appeared to ask for approval for the main estimates, the purpose was to present our estimates under the departmental transfers of $1.4 billion. Now what you have in front of you is really a request for an additional $32 milli

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. I completely understand your concerns. Once again, I want to clarify that we are not asking for new funding. Each department used to administer its own email system, data centre and network. Shared Services Canada's estimates, which you have in front

Government Operations committee  No. We are in our first fiscal year, but our organization was actually established in two phases. The first was rolled out on August 4. Then, the biggest part of our organization came into being on November 15.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. On August 4, the government announced the creation of Shared Services Canada and transferred a portion of PWGSC's staff over to the agency. On November 15, the infrastructure, email systems, data centres and networks of some 40 departments were transf

Government Operations committee  That is correct.

Government Operations committee  Departments in the past have been responsible for providing, in their own silos or their own verticals, IT infrastructure services. Each department has had responsibility for its own e-mails, data centres, and networks. Shared Services Canada was created with the view to provide

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. Actually, our organization was created to ensure that government operations are sound and healthy in terms of technological infrastructure. The second part of our mandate really has to do with transformation. Because of the fact that we now have an enterpri

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. Three departments are transferring funds: PWGSC, Transport Canada, and also a very small amount from FINTRAC, which is really an adjustment as a result of the data validation. My colleague Mr. Lakroni has explained the transfer from PWGSC.

Government Operations committee  As part of the establishment of Shared Services Canada, we provide IT infrastructure support services on a mandatory basis to 43 departments through two orders in council, the first on August 4, which was the transfer from PWGSC in terms of the resources, and the second on Novemb

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. If I can back up a step, we provide mandatory services relating to e-mail data centres and network to 43 departments, but we also have other organizations that use our services. Our services to those organizations are considered optional and are offe

Government Operations committee  If I may expand, the cyber-security strategy is a horizontal initiative. Four departments are involved in the delivery of this strategy for the Government of Canada. It is led by Public Safety. Of course, Communications Security Establishment Canada is also involved, as well as T

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. Shared Services Canada was created on August 4, 2011, with a mandate to streamline and reduce duplication in Government of Canada information technology infrastructure services in order to modernize the way we deliver services to Canadians and to improve the