Industry committee  Thank you. I will just reiterate from the start that Statistics Canada is completely in control of its census and survey programs as well as its statistical methods. Our role at Shared Services Canada is to provide the IT platform to ensure the delivery of Statistics Canada's im

Industry committee  Absolutely. That's the basis of our governance, not just with Statistics Canada but with all our customer departments. We respond to their business requirements, which are determined solely by them.

Industry committee  No, it's not.

Government Operations committee  I'll go in reverse order. There was no baseline for RCMP services before the creation of Shared Services Canada. In fact, for the vast majority of departments there was no baseline on service levels, and that has been one of our fundamental challenges at Shared Services Canada. T

Government Operations committee  It's a mixture.

Government Operations committee  Just as a point of clarification, is the member looking at the departmental performance report for Shared Services Canada?

Government Operations committee  From Shared Services Canada?

Government Operations committee  Okay. That's not our department. I'm here representing Shared Services Canada. We are in the same portfolio, under Minister Foote, but Public Services and Procurement Canada is a separate department. I'm not equipped to talk about their departmental performance report today.

Government Operations committee  I believe they are appearing on Thursday.

Government Operations committee  No, our report on plans and priorities, or “departmental plan”, as I believe it will be called for 2016-17, will not have a specific line for the Syrian refugee project.

Government Operations committee  Shared Services Canada will continue to support, but it won't be highlighted in our plan for 2016-17. The support that we have provided to the welcoming of Syrian refugees, setting up the welcome centres, providing telephony equipment, Internet connectivity, etc., will continue

Government Operations committee  Shared Services Canada is using funding that we received through budget 2016. We received $384 million over two years. It was $234 million for 2016-17, and the balance of $151 million in 2017-18. We're using that funding to address the most immediate pressures with respect to ou

Government Operations committee  The Government of Canada's IT infrastructure is certainly more secure than it was before Shared Services Canada was created. Before the creation of Shared Services Canada, the government's approach to protecting its networks and data was fragmented, covered by a patchwork of fire

Government Operations committee  It was the result of a computer failure, yes.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I believe the member is referring to data centres, which are buildings that house our servers and network equipment. There are a little over 500 data centres in the Government of Canada, which range in size from large buildings to small closets in office buildings. A