Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair—

Government Operations committee  I'll go back to what Mr. Matthews said earlier about the ongoing work SNC does with the department in terms of the administrative agreement that they have and ongoing meetings we have with them regarding semi-annual reports and third party monitors of their functions.

Government Operations committee  I can't speak to that, Mr. McCauley.

Government Operations committee  That was made by the Government of Canada working with the yard to identify what would be the most efficient order in which to produce the vessels, based on the latest available information of where Seaspan is in their production. The purpose of this really is threefold. By movi

Government Operations committee  We've all learned a lot as we've worked through this program. I think it's the learnings of the program and also assessing where the yard was at that point in time, and how it could become the most efficient build order possible. That's the conversation we set out to have with th

Government Operations committee  Oh, yes.

Government Operations committee  It allows right from the early blocks into full rate production as opposed to having another construction.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, the timelines on that ship are under review right now. We're working with the yard on that. It's too early to give a precise time on the polar icebreaker, but we understand the need for that project to proceed.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, we also look at the transparency provisions and how the regime is administered, including the rationale for decision-making, or what can be made public, in terms of the reasons for the decisions made by the registrar. We also look at the independence of the registrar a

Government Operations committee  The competitive process tested this as well, right.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The supply council has met on three occasions since its creation. It's played a really important role in understanding what's going on with various sectors in terms of their access to personal protective equipment and other supplies. Of p

Government Operations committee  No, there are anticipated future meetings of the supply council, likely later this summer.

Government Operations committee  All members of the committee had to declare their conflicts of interest beforehand. They are also required to recuse from a meeting if they have a conflict with any element of it. To be clear, as the minister has indicated as well, the committee is not talking about individual pr

Government Operations committee  No, no one has recused themselves in any of the meetings thus far.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, I can stay too.