Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, those discussions are ongoing. The company attempted to replace them with suitable masks several times and was unsuccessful in providing masks that met our standards, so the negotiation dispute, call it what you will, is ongoing.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I may be dated here, as I'm drawing back on some previous experience. I think some of the taxes exist. We all know that. When you do contracts, you often do...the base amount plus the tax, so we know it's there. I think, for some reason, some of the confus

Government Operations committee  I thank the member for her question. I would like to add a few comments. The member asked if these costs were foreseeable. Yes, they were, but there were some revisions, after determining exactly how many people were working on the pension files. There is a formula to reimburse

Government Operations committee  I can answer that question, Madam Minister, if you agree.

Government Operations committee  Okay. The majority of the $9.2 million is for the public service superannuation plan. It does cover all the pension funds—the RCMP, the Reserve and National Defence as well—but I believe—let's call it 70%—relates to the public service plan, but we can give you that breakdown in

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I'm still not seeing the minister, so with your blessing I will carry on, unless you want to pause.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Concerning the Coast Guard's fleet and icebreakers, the member is quite right. The fleet is aging, and we are having ongoing discussions with the navy about medium icebreakers, as well as about refitting some other ones, so the discussions are ongoing. Unfo

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, can the member clarify whether she is talking about the use of the agile approach as it relates to procurement processes in general or—

Government Operations committee  Okay. I expect that percentage to increase. It's an approach that we really like. It can't be applied to every competition, but we would like to use it more often. Perhaps my colleague Mr. Ieraci could elaborate.

Government Operations committee  It's $9.2 million, Minister.

Government Operations committee  There are a couple of points to raise. Number one, the risk-based approach results in fewer trips to Treasury Board where warranted, so it does make efficiencies inside government. On the second part of the question, related to the Parliamentary Budget Officer's numbers, these

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I think it would be best if those questions were directed to the National Research Council and ISED as the responsible ministry.

Government Operations committee  I'll just add this. Canada's vaccine portfolio is seven different vaccines, and they're very different. They are across three different technologies, so the prices vary depending on the type of vaccine and the number of vaccine doses you buy. I don't think it's appropriate for

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Minister. We have received 10,000 FTI Professional Grade ventilators, but I am not sure whether the client has checked the quality of all those we have received.

Public Accounts committee  I could start, but I suspect I'll turn to Jean-Pierre in a moment. It's for the campaign. My understanding—and, Jean-Pierre, correct me if you need to, or elaborate—is a campaign could involve multiple contracts. It's the campaign that I believe is the threshold, but I'll turn t