Public Accounts committee  Mr. Parker touched on a couple of things. I think first of all, as I mentioned previously, having the IT strategic plan in place will really help Shared Services Canada in terms of its mandate and all departments understanding what it is we're trying to accomplish with them, and

Public Accounts committee  In response to that, I want to differentiate again. It's important to understand the difference between the IT strategic plan and the transformation plan Mr. Parker was referring to. For the IT strategic plan, it's setting directions in terms of the way we want to go. We're dep

Public Accounts committee  Yes, they have to be. Ours is very much directional, so that's the way we want to go. We want to ensure they get support from departments and agencies in understanding that, and then we'll work with them closely in the fall time frame looking at the transformation.

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry, I didn't catch the question.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, the secretary of the Treasury Board.

Public Accounts committee  It's Yaprak....

Public Accounts committee  I have no comment, Chair. Unfortunately, I wasn't in Treasury Board at the time.

Public Accounts committee  Maybe I could clarify why Ron was asking the question. The strategic IT plan has some enterprise initiatives and it's because it's strategic it is a directional plan for departments. Then there are specific plans that are very operational that every department would have, and R

Public Accounts committee  June 2016, correct.

Public Accounts committee  The plan will help set priorities. First of all, it will establish and list what the priorities are. For example, the priorities are enterprise systems we want to develop for the Government of Canada. Having said that, and articulated that in the plan, there's an example of where

Public Accounts committee  There was no official version of a strategic plan in place. There was a draft version that had been circulated, and it was around in 2013. The strategic plan was not in place before.

Public Accounts committee  Sorry, pardon me?

Public Accounts committee  I can answer that in general. The Shared Services Canada budget was about $2 billion per year. The government spends about $5 billion in IT every year, but I don't know exactly how much was spent in terms of the context of your question.

Public Accounts committee  The plan will be completed in the written format by March 31. After that we will be seeking approval for it.

Public Accounts committee  The secretary of the Treasury Board will be approving the plan.