Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, last month, with the unanimous consent of the House, we passed Bill C-81, the most significant advancement in disability rights since the charter. With Bill C-81, we are creating a system to identify and remove barriers proactively so that all Canadians, regardless o

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, our government is getting results for Canadians by providing the navy and the Coast Guard with the ships they need to serve the Canadian public. Through the national shipbuilding strategy, our government is creating good jobs for the middle class. We have awarded 17%

Government Operations committee  I do. Thank you.

Government Operations committee  Things are going well with the pay pods. As we bring more departments and agencies into the pod system, we get better results for those departments and agencies. As I've said, in the departments and agencies that have been in pods longer, such as those in pod zero from last Nove

Government Operations committee  Yes. I would say that—and I don't mean it to sound as cheeky as it might come across—a year ago, my constant nagging was that we had to find a way to keep the numbers from going up. Right now, my constant nagging is about how to get the numbers to go down more quickly. That's a

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. We work together.

Government Operations committee  I would suggest that the uncertainty and the economic impact of the rotating strike were quite significant.

Government Operations committee  No. I would assume, although not having lived it—

Government Operations committee  I don't think I can answer that question to your satisfaction, sir.

Government Operations committee  I can't make that commitment at this time.

Government Operations committee  Unfortunately, I don't know why it was or wasn't. We'll have to confer with the Department of Labour—

Government Operations committee  I am, and I—

Government Operations committee  The back-to-work legislation was within the responsibility of the Minister of Labour—

Government Operations committee  Can I answer now?

Government Operations committee  The Minister of Labour was the lead on the back-to-work legislation. Absolutely, we worked very closely together. I am hesitant to give you a rationale, when I don't have that information in front of me, as to why we chose specific wording or a specific clause, but I can definite