Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure what their purposes would be.

Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure how to answer that question. Schools on reserve are run by the first nations with financial support from the Department of Indigenous Services. They have contribution agreements in which, in exchange for money from the department, they're asked to report on certain d

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  It it is an example of a specific issue in a specific department, and we have systems, including the Auditor General and other feedback loops of other officers of Parliament, parliamentary inquiry, and others that bring these issues to the surface. They are detected, they are cor

Public Accounts committee  I think that the language in the two Auditor General chapters does provide you some advice on that, and there were some specific recommendations. There was clearly a breakdown in information flowing up to the accountable deputy head in that department for a period of time, and

Public Accounts committee  The quick answer is that my role is to give the Prime Minister advice on who goes into deputy minister roles and to give the Prime Minister advice on machinery of government, such as how decision-making processes can be organized, the creation of cabinet committees and working gr

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. I think there are several elements in there. I'll try not to go on too long. I don't understand the comparison to indigenous policy, and it's an area I worked in. The situation of Canada's indigenous peoples is the result of generations of public

Public Accounts committee  Thanks, Mr. Chairman. I don't have a statement or presentation or anything like that. If you'd indulge me, I might make a few opening comments and then we could get right to your questions. The first thing I should get on the record is that as soon as I received your invitatio