Public Accounts committee  Our focus, obviously, is on the design of the programs. The large procurement is done by PSPC. I want to assure you that in the design of the BDM program, all of the elements of the plus are fully integrated in what we do, because the programs are designed to serve all Canadians.

Public Accounts committee  I'll give you a practical example of how we applied it during the COVID crisis. One of the government's commitments was to make a disability payment. We have no system that can do a one-time payment. It involved data streams from three different departments—Veterans Affairs, our

Public Accounts committee  Yes. Everything we submit through Treasury Board has the GBA+ analysis.

Public Accounts committee  I believe it's the responsibility of the deputy minister of labour. I'll just have to consult with her and get back to you with that information.

Public Accounts committee  Benoît, on the BDM procurement, has this played in?

Public Accounts committee  If I could, I'd like to consult with the deputy minister of labour, who, I believe, has carriage of the program, and then we can get back to you with how—at least in our department—it has been applied.

Public Accounts committee  He is. It does not to my knowledge, no.

Public Accounts committee  It's not ESDC that manages the program.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee today. Employment and Social Development Canada welcomes the report and accepts the recommendation pertaining to the benefits delivery modernization program. At the time of the audit, the benef

Human Resources committee  We don't divert funds from the EI account. By law, the EI account has to be spent on the elements that Parliament set out, where it's required, for the EI account. This is independently verified by the Auditor General.

Human Resources committee  In the review that the Auditor General called for, we're reviewing all the benefits that went to individuals. That would be the CERB and the student benefit. We don't have plans to do a review at this point, although we may, through our audit and evaluation program, review the o

Human Resources committee  We would typically review programs that have a go-forward nature to them in our audit and evaluation plans. That would be programs that will continue to go forward, which this isn't one of. In the case of the benefits it's to prepare for future crises. We're looking into the bene

Public Accounts committee  I want to begin by specifying where those international standards come from. Those who are familiar with the national security and intelligence field know about a group called Five Eyes. However, there is also a similar group focused on fraud, and our department is its member alo

Public Accounts committee  At this stage we don't know how long it's going to take to do the full evaluation, but we'll be doing it as expeditiously as we can and have no problem releasing it publicly.

Public Accounts committee  No, I don't think the utility would be there if we waited that long. We're certainly trying to get it done within a year. What I would point out is that we are still learning lessons from the crisis—the benefits are still live—and are still analyzing the data. We might be able