Public Accounts committee  Again, 80% of the spending is what, I believe, Mr. Wallace said, but from a campaign perspective, if you're below that threshold, you're into a world where, again, the deputy head of the advertising department is accountable for the content. PSPC has a role to provide technical a

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, if I could jump in on that, one thing to keep in mind here is that this is a report from 2019, so the downside is that we had to dust off the report and re-familiarize ourselves with it. The plus side is that the department has had time to implement the recommendat

Public Accounts committee  I have a couple of comments, Madam Chair, and then I'll ask Mr. Blais to weigh in as well. Number one, the key thing is the process, where to go and what path to follow. It's a relatively small team of roughly six people with a low turnover, so you don't have a high-turnover job

Public Accounts committee  Go ahead, please, Jean-Pierre.

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, could I add to that response, if that's okay with the member?

Public Accounts committee  As Mr. Wallace indicated, the deputy head of the advertising department has responsibility for content in terms of policy and legislation compliance. Where it does come in under that threshold, at their discretion they can request that it be reviewed as well, so that discretion e

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, maybe I could share that the government's annual report on advertising for 2019-20 is now public. That's the most recent publicly available information on government advertising spending. I'm not sure if that helps the member with his question, Madam Chair.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and good morning, members. Thank you for the invitation to be with you today to discuss the Auditor General's spring report from 2019 on oversight of Government of Canada advertising. Today, I am pleased to provide an update on the actions taken by PSPC i

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, shall I pause?

Public Accounts committee  All right, Madam Chair. I'll start over.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. Good morning, Madam Chair and committee members. Thank you for having us here today to discuss Public Services and Procurement Canada's response to the spring 2019 audits of oversight of Government of Canada advertising, which were undertaken by the Auditor General of

Industry committee  Madam Chair, the only thing I would add is that it's a really important question, and it's a question probably better posed to the health experts or the vaccine manufacturers. They are certainly actively watching the various variants that have emerged and are wanting to understan

Industry committee  I'll be very brief, Madam Chair. I can't speak to what the Prime Minister and the U.S. President spoke to. I'm just not in a position to share. I'm sorry.

Industry committee  I think I can talk by quarter. The minister has already shared that in Q1 we're expecting six million doses in total of Pfizer and Moderna. You don't get there all at once, but there's a ramp-up to meet that need. Keep a close eye on it week to week, and you will see these things

Industry committee  Madam Chair, if I could interject, the plan is that Q2 will be bigger than Q1. There's a steady ramp-up in Q2, and that's really where the vaccine effort gets quite intense.