Government Operations committee  Maybe I'll start. The benefits of the reordering are that we were able to start JSS block construction earlier, so there's a benefit there in terms of the JSS.

Government Operations committee  I don't have a number for you, but the other thing I think it does for us is by putting a one-ship gap between the two JSSs, it lets us take any learning from JSS 1 and apply it to JSS 2, so we think we get a more efficient build.

Government Operations committee  I would make a couple of points. You characterized her remarks quite accurately. What has happened is that there's been lot discussion, I would say, in various forums, including Parliament, the media and online, and a lot more engagement by people who may not necessarily have bee

Government Operations committee  I think that some of them are re-visitable ideas with some new input. But in terms of the ideas around transparency, and what could potentially be made public around decision-making, my recollection is that is a new discussion that has taken place. I didn't hear a lot about that

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll be extremely quick. Thank you for inviting us back. The only thing I want to highlight to you is that, in addition to the same cast of characters we brought with us the last time, we've asked Dr. Janet King, who is responsible for the federal science i

Government Operations committee  Just to eliminate the middleman, all questions on Phoenix are going to Mr. Linklater.

Government Operations committee  We can try, but I think your questions—

Government Operations committee  —equally on the details of the policy, are more appropriately directed to ISED as well. We'll do what we can.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I have maybe just one thing. When the government does contemplate changes to such a policy, the norm would be to go back and consult publicly if there are significant changes. That's depending on—

Government Operations committee  You have mischaracterized the meetings with SNC-Lavalin. They were with respect to the actual administrative agreement that is in place with them, as opposed to the policy specifically. We will confirm that in writing after this meeting.

Government Operations committee  When the government consults on a policy, it's done in a public fashion. Anyone is free to—

Government Operations committee  It's 23, I think.

Government Operations committee  As one point of clarification, it's not abnormal in the federal funding model to get year-by-year funding. Phoenix isn't the only file where you will see this sort of thing in the departmental plan, whereby you come back to refresh the resources year after year. It's not out of t

Government Operations committee  Sure. Thank you, Minister and Mr. Chair. In terms of the deadline being missed, the member raised the issue that the 30-day deadline was missed. He's quite right. The department has a window where it can ask for an extension and we missed that window, so the opportunity for an e

Government Operations committee  It's an associate deputy minister.