Government Operations committee  You'll get no disagreement at this table around the importance of paying public servants.

Government Operations committee  I mean—

Government Operations committee  Paying our employees is key, and it's something that is in every deputy's performance appraisal—supporting the steps being taken. For example, one of the key things being done right now is what we call HR-to-pay. It's looking at ways that we actually submit information to the pay

Government Operations committee  I would differentiate between departmental results and individual executive compensation. Absolutely, there is a linkage between a department achieving its objectives and executives getting paid, but each executive has much more specific performance appraisal items. For example,

Government Operations committee  Generally, you have government-wide commitments in every executive's performance agreement, and you'll typically have departmental ones as well, and then very specific ones to the individual. Without getting into a large discussion about executive compensation, one of the key thi

Government Operations committee  The PCO has the role of vetting the drafts. Each department is responsible for writing its own memoranda to cabinet, no different than with Treasury Board, writing Treasury Board submissions is the individual department's role When it comes to PCO, the folks who reviewed these a

Government Operations committee  At a very high level, we actually do have a lot of diversity amongst GIC appointments.

Government Operations committee  I can give you the stats: 54% of appointees self-identify as women; 13% as visible minorities; 9% as indigenous people; and 3.5% as persons with disabilities.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely, as a government we would take this very seriously. Election safety and security is one of the top priorities of the government and certainly of the Privy Council Office. We have a leadership role in a government-wide approach and in advice to the Prime Minister and ca

Government Operations committee  I can't comment further on individual companies and what they should do, other than to say that PCO and the Minister of Democratic Institutions have met with social media companies and have made clear the steps that we would like them to take in order to support a safe election.

Government Operations committee  I would go back to the fact that we do have a process in place. The heart of the process is that there is a committee—with the clerk; the national security adviser; and DMs of Justice, Public Safety, and Global Affairs—that would meet if there are any cyber-interference or threat

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is the debates commission entirely. I'll maybe comment really quickly on the RFP. Beyond that would be inappropriate, given that there's an active RFP. The debates commission did an information request to potential applicants for this procurement before actually posting it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely not.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We'd want to confirm the exact legalities. Normally it's the department, which would be the debates commissioner, but I think we can confirm that. I think that what we could say with confidence would be the fact that we would respect the independence of the organization and that

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would need to get back to you on the ins and outs of that. I apologize.