Government Operations committee  Again, Mr. Chair, on this one I'll have to come back to you. In terms of the costing [Technical difficulty—Editor] for reasonableness, namely, of the costs that are being proposed, we would be able, in terms of the calculation of taxes, to be able to determine the appropriate tax

Government Operations committee  Great, thank you. In terms of the $2.4 billion and the flexibility for departments to determine their approach towards what they're capturing above and beyond the measures, what this really comes down to is time. For example, when we are tracking the expenditures of time, for my

Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely. One of the goals is to try to have consistent and relatable data coming in. In terms of the program expenditures, where departments are looking at the measures in particular, its pretty clear. Some of the bigger challenges start to come in again in terms of the

Government Operations committee  The data is entered into Titan on a monthly basis. Departments collect the data from within their own departments. The data is signed off at the departmental level and then entered into Titan. When it's entered into Titan, at the Treasury Board Secretariat we then do some high-le

Government Operations committee  At this point, in terms of the data that we've provided in terms of the March 17 report, that's the information that we have. That's all of the data that we have rolled up in that report. I think the question becomes if there's a desire for the committee to see more information i

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, we've had ongoing discussions with departments around gathering information in terms of this, and these will be the types of questions that have come up. On some of the work we have done and the approach we have taken, with my colleague, Mr. Purves, in terms of lookin

Government Operations committee  We have all of which...? I'm sorry.

Government Operations committee  Again, the question really becomes to what extent and what is specifically.... Mr. Chair, there was a question, I believe it was question 172, where some of this information came out, so absolutely there is some detailed information related to that. Departments are, or should be

Government Operations committee  The hard part is going to be, again, some of the roll-up stuff. The question is really to what extent and to what level of the specifics is that request and the amount of time to pull that together.

Government Operations committee  Under the policy of transfer payments, there are two main mechanisms for grants and contributions. The main difference is that with a grant, most of the work goes into eligibility up front, in terms of a recipient receiving funds. Thereafter, there is minimal to no reporting. Bas

Government Operations committee  It is different from a procurement process covered by a different set of policies. In terms of sole source, that's really more of a contracting term. You have to look at the program, the requirements for the program, what it is that the department says they're going to do in term

Government Operations committee  In terms of the question regarding WE Charity, there was no French annex that would normally be done for that program. The reason was that it did not come through as a full-blown Treasury Board submission. The initial program that would have come through would have had an officia

Government Operations committee  Did they seek the appropriate authorization? To my knowledge, and this is where I think the department of public services—

Government Operations committee  Anything that would have gone beyond the minister's authority would have come in through Treasury Board. In terms of the combat ships, there have been multiple times where those have come through, and in terms of the office of the comptroller general, we would have looked at them

Finance committee  Sure. Forgive me, I am not familiar with the specifics of the piece of media that you're reading, but in terms of the statistic, the 84%, it's not necessarily that they're not reported. Through the departmental performance reports, we actually have a number of fees that are repor