Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. It's a good question. Most of us increasingly live our lives through technology and on the Internet. Government has to work hard at staying relevant and being able to connect to Canadians. Technology evolves far more rapidly than we could ever keep up

Government Operations committee  I'm going to ask Ms. Cahill to answer that question. She will talk about the Privy Council Office, and then perhaps a broader application.

Government Operations committee  Certainly across the government there was, and I think that is your question. Those other ministers would include ministers Qualtrough, Duncan, Hajdu, and Chagger.

Government Operations committee  Thank you.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. My name is Michelle Doucet and I am the assistant deputy minister of corporate services at the Privy Council Office. I'm here today with Madam Karen Cahill, who is the deputy chief financial officer and the executive d

Government Operations committee  One of the change drivers I failed to mention is, of course, demographics with regard to the aging population and what that means in terms of the need for government programs and also the composition of the public service. I talked about the work done in the public service by the

Government Operations committee  As I said earlier, I'm not in a position to talk about the exact nature of the advice that we provide to ministers.

Government Operations committee  Pardon me?

Government Operations committee  That's pursuant to our role to provide support and coordination around communications requirements, and the role is set according to the communications policy.

Government Operations committee  When I talked about the rubric of accountability, I talked about it after cabinet and Treasury Board make their decisions. Then it falls to individual departments to implement and, obviously, the expenditure of public funds by each individual department is ultimately the responsi

Government Operations committee  I'm not in a position to speak to the content of a particular advertisment.

Government Operations committee  The Privy Council Office provides advice on communications matters, which would include advertising matters, as to whether it complies with the government direction that was set out, and also whether that will align with what other departments are doing. So, for instance, I talke

Government Operations committee  Thank you. With respect to your first question, I don't have that information with me. But if it's the will of the committee, I'd be happy to go back and see if there's anything I could usefully provide to the committee on the question you asked. But I have more to tell you abo

Government Operations committee  Yes. In response to that, the clerk of the public service has made a commitment to really transform the way our policy community provides its advice and the speed at which we do that. Across the government we are seeing a number of innovation hubs arise in discrete areas. At Ind

Government Operations committee  As I described in my earlier answer, the decisions around government advertising are taken by cabinet, with a management precision added by the Treasury Board. I can't speak to cabinet deliberations, so I'm not in a position to talk about whether they have made any decisions in t