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National Defence committee I understand.
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee Again, you have seen the emails that did take place in terms of hearing about the allegations and—
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee I think you have seen that I did speak with individuals from the minister's office and I have confirmed that I did speak with individuals in the Prime Minister's Office.
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee I think what I might do is just give a bit of an explanation of the process.
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee It comes about through the annual performance management program of which the CDS is one of the GICs to whom that applies. I can clarify that at the time the CDS was appointed, his salary was fixed at what we call the DM2 range. His salary is within the same compensation structu
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee No, they don't happen automatically. It is through the performance management program where—
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee The defence minister is consulted in terms of the performance management program for GIC appointees.
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee He would not make that decision himself.
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee The minister is consulted in the annual performance management program in respect to GIC appointees within his portfolio. I would like to clarify, though, just because I think this question has come up, my responsibilities in terms of managing GIC appointees throughout their ten
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee The salary increases, as I mentioned, in terms of from one level to the next economic increase and movement inside a salary range, are approved by the Governor in Council. That Governor in Council approval is basically, as you will have heard, the Governor General approving on th
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee I appreciate the question, and I apologize if I am using acronyms randomly or too frequently. The Privy Council Office is, effectively, the department for the Prime Minister. Our responsibilities are to support the cabinet decision-making process that supports our system of gove
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee That is an important principle of Westminster government. The elected representatives do not carry out investigations, and manage the details of those kinds of things, because they are elected. The separation of their role from the independent and non-partisan public service is i
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee Thank you for that question. It's enormous, but I thank you. It raises very important issues. We know that change management is difficult in any context, and culture change in particular is challenging. My work in terms of the other part of my job, public service renewal, is ve
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman
National Defence committee I would not presume that there was an explicit decision to not involve the national security adviser. As I have mentioned, the situation we were in was that we did not have information that would have enabled further action. We wanted to be cognizant of the issue the ombudsman ha
March 26th, 2021Committee meeting
Janine Sherman