Government Operations committee  They're top of mind for us. We work with client departments and also Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. They recently hired a firm to help them do a map of Canadian industrial capabilities so that when we do procurements, we can target them making sure we take a

Government Operations committee  As I think the minister mentioned, and as you may have seen in the mandate letters, we're working with Treasury Board to make sure that the socio-economic benefits that the government identifies can be applied in a holistic way, not just to defence procurement but to all federal

Government Operations committee  I'd be happy to. Mr. Chair, Canada uses a number of mechanisms to leverage the largest public “spend” for the benefit for Canadian companies. We do it in two ways. One is by giving them access to global markets through trade agreements, and the other is by applying policies that

Government Operations committee  We will look at every procurement. We'll look at the requirements of the procurement and where their long-term value for Canadian businesses is. We engage with industry at the outset of procurements. We hear their feedback and increasingly the parts they're very interested in are

National Defence committee  If I may add a quick point, Mr. Chair—

National Defence committee  —the early validation of requirements that's happening at DND is very helpful. Their independent review panel on defence acquisitions helps brings some certainty. We also do a lot of industry engagement to validate this. We collaborate with international counterparts. We also tal

National Defence committee  Thank you very much for that excellent question. In fact, we are starting to see results. The goal of the strategy is to better plan where we try to invest. We now have a system that we use to evaluate bids from companies based on what they provide to Canada. It's very mathemat

National Defence committee  Thank you. That's an excellent question. As Mr. Finn indicated, it's an options analysis. That's when the Department of National Defence is looking at what its needs are, what's on the market, and what it should buy. We support them in that role, because we do industry engagemen

National Defence committee  I have about five minutes of remarks, if you'd like.

National Defence committee  Good morning everyone. It's a pleasure to be here. I'm Lisa Campbell, assistant deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada. Governments around the world spend a lot of money on goods and services to meet the needs of their citizens and Canada is no exception. T