Public Accounts committee  I'm going to let Ms. Nycholat answer that, since she is the one currently overseeing the modernization of our document management practices.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Massé. I'll provide you with some context. When I joined the board in 2007, we had around 400 employees, and we were spending in the neighbourhood of $400 million on contract management, on behalf of the Department of National Defence, or DND. We eventually peake

Public Accounts committee  It depends on the project. The cost for some projects is lower. It depends on the complexity and location of the work being done. Sometimes the cost is higher. I think Mr. Paul can comment further on that.

Public Accounts committee  I'll invite our president Mr. Paul to answer that question because the current risk management framework was developed under his management for the past nine years.

Public Accounts committee  Well, it's interesting that we have, as it were, split masters. I report to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, but our client in fact is the Department of National Defence. Most specifically, we work for the associate deputy minister of infrastructure and environmen

Public Accounts committee  You raised a number of things. I can tell you, right off the bat, that none of our contracts were affected by the scandal in Quebec. You mentioned the matter of extras. Some projects do have additional costs, but, in my nine years as board chair, I've learned that they are usua

Public Accounts committee  To use the language in our risk register, I would say we weren't successfully assimilating fraud-related information. I can assure you, however, that the board frequently discusses fraud risks as they relate to contract management. As we carry out $450-million, or $200-million, i

Public Accounts committee  Let me make some general comments about where we're going and then I'll ask my colleagues to fill in some detail. If you look at the initiatives we had under way that were highlighted in the Auditor General's report, many of these initiatives were started well before the auditor

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Honourable members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts, it's a pleasure for me, as chair of Defence Construction Canada, to appear before you today in view of your study of special examination reports of the spring 2017 reports of