National Defence committee  They would have to apply. They are going to compete against all universities in the country.

National Defence committee  Sure. Shared Services provides, as you know, the computer infrastructure for the whole government. When we put people in missions abroad, our defence attachés, for example, Shared Services has to provide the computer, the hookups, and the technology for that person. They get to

National Defence committee  Sure. In this past budget, the government announced about $3.4 billion for a lot of federally owned infrastructure and DND will receive about $200 million of that over this year and next. This year's portion will be about $30 million for defence projects and about $170 million ne

National Defence committee  Yes. There was $26 million this fiscal year just for recruitment. It was in the main estimates, so it was in the budget of the department. That's why there's no supplemental ask for it. Certainly, the chief has put down a very firm target about the 1% increase per year over the n

National Defence committee  Contaminated sites is a government-wide program, so the Treasury Board Secretariat manages a large reserve to fund contaminated sites. They assess priorities according to criteria across all departments. In the supplementary estimates we are looking for money to continue to do th

National Defence committee  Maybe I'll ask Jaime Pitfield, our ADM on infrastructure, in terms of particularly even Shannon lands, how that transferred and what responsibility we retain on what gets done.

Public Accounts committee  The House will adjourn, and you'll be back at...what, the end of January?

Public Accounts committee  We'll be happy to provide it when you're back after the holidays.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Can I just say that I appreciate it, and we'll be happy to provide that? We share the same goal on accountability. I'm happy to come here and be accountable. I am responsible for the whole department and stuff that's gone on before me. We share the same goal. I don't want to be

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. I would answer in two ways. We—and the Auditor General agrees—have made a lot of progress and have a reasonably good handle on quantity, so it's not a question of a military operation overseas not being able to get parts. That is our first and primord

Public Accounts committee  We need technology that accommodates that.

Public Accounts committee  Sure. Every major capital project, as I said, comes to our resource management committee, which I chair. The chief financial officer is there and the chief of the defence staff is there. We will review and approve projects that go into our investment plan. When we do our budgeti

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely. When I buy a ship, I need to know how much it's going to cost me to design it, to buy it, and to run it for the next 50 years. Our financial budgeting is unlike anything else in the federal government, because we're taking a 50-year view of what we do. With the deci