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Public Accounts committee When employees get their security clearance, there are some criteria, and obtaining a valid security clearance is a condition of employment in the public service. Therefore, should the findings be founded, it could really happen.
March 6th, 2024Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Public Accounts committee Thank you very much for the question. Yes, it isn't a practice that we encourage. I can confirm that we have the documents—
March 6th, 2024Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Public Accounts committee Absolutely. Some situations mean that we have no choice but to award a contract by mutual agreement, in other words, non‑competitively. That said, we have the necessary justifications for each of these contracts that have been awarded. If it's the will of the committee, I would
March 6th, 2024Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Public Accounts committee For the TBS, 52 employees have dual employment; 165 employees, including 40 executives—
March 6th, 2024Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Public Accounts committee We have none who have dual employment within the Government of Canada as contractors or—
March 6th, 2024Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee Mr. Chair, the information you have in the public accounts is up until March 31, 2023, so—
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee We will work with PSPC to determine the gap between what is provided in the public accounts and—
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee It will be used to hire people.
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee The people are already there. It’s money we need to offset some of these people’s salaries. If I’m not mistaken, it’s around 18 FTEs. A large part of that is to pay those people’s salaries, not to pay for professional services.
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee That’s correct.
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee Some of it is used to pay employees’ salaries, but some of it is used to pay for technology licenses or to hire consultants who provide very specialized services that aren’t offered by anyone within the department or anywhere else in the public service right now. So it’s a combin
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee The funds you see in Supplementary Estimates (B) for the Treasury Board Secretariat are being used to reimburse class action plaintiffs. We have not yet disbursed those funds to the plaintiffs, as we are awaiting a decision from the Quebec Court of Appeal. Once that decision is r
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee The transition is indeed underway.
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee The funds are indeed earmarked for the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Treasury Board Secretariat to enable it to assign individuals to provide leadership for the implementation of a cloud strategy. These individuals are working with Statistics Canada, the Depa
November 30th, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill
Government Operations committee As stated, each department is responsible for its departmental plan. We certainly do expect to meet the targets from year to year. Various initiatives will move forward, and we hope to achieve the results every year.
May 31st, 2023Committee meeting
Karen Cahill