Health committee  Maybe I can start, and Iain can chime in. Moderna becomes the workhorse of the portfolio in Q3. There's a big Q3 ramp up. We are waiting for a revised schedule from Moderna, because I think it's been well document that Moderna has hit a bit of a bump in production. We should hav

Health committee  Mr. Chair, it's not clear to me that Moderna has prioritized EU countries. They have, as I mentioned, had some challenges, and they are trying to best serve the various contracts in the best way possible. More than a million doses arrived this week. We're optimistic that we wil

Health committee  There are a couple of comments to make on this, Mr. Chair. We are negotiating for 2022 and beyond, and we've had some work done there already. There are considerations here in terms of additional transparency, and we're working through right now with our suppliers what transpare

Health committee  I think there are a couple of points here. Especially early on, Mr. Chair, when we were negotiating these a year ago, the suppliers were very much.... It was a non-starter, frankly, when we talked about transparency, and we do have some ongoing discussions about what can be relea

Health committee  Thank you, Iain. Mr. Chair, the only thing I would add is that the next shipment of AstraZeneca, should it be necessary, would likely be in the last week of June, and we'll play that by ear based on demand from provinces. We do have enough Pfizer and Moderna on order in case p

Health committee  Thank you, Iain and Mr. Chair. I'll be very quick here on this front. Iain is bang on in terms of what Madam Brodie spoke to. The question mark is, what will Moderna deliver in June? As I mentioned in response to a previous question, we will have clarity on that in the next week

Public Accounts committee  Good morning and thank you, Madam Chair. I am pleased to join my colleagues to speak to the committee as it studies the Auditor General's 2021 report on the national shipbuilding strategy. Despite the global pandemic, Public Services and Procurement Canada continues its importan

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. Perhaps it would be better to ask my counterparts, Mr. Sargent and Mr. Smith.

Public Accounts committee  Certainly. I'll start off, Madam Chair, and maybe if my colleague Mr. Kennedy wishes to add something on the workforce, he can do that. I'll be quick. When you think about the workforce, Madam Chair, you have to think about the white collar as well as the blue collar workforce.

Public Accounts committee  Just to add to that, one of the best practices we are in the process of implementing is earned value management. It's a great way to integrate schedule risk as well as budget, and it's something you'll see used throughout the world. We've taken steps to start the implementation.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. I want to point out two things. First, the Davie shipyard has done a great deal of work to support shipbuilding and the Coast Guard. Second, the Irving and Seaspan shipyards were selected after going through a competitive process 10 years ago. The

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. I would say two things. First, we are almost certain that we do, but we have to continue to improve our tools. We have already talked about the software used to improve risk management. We are currently implementing it, but we are still not finished.

Public Accounts committee  I thank the member for his question. I don't agree with the statement that no one is managing the strategy. It is true that three or four departments are playing a role in its management. At Public Services and Procurement Canada, we run the program. We're responsible for manag

Public Accounts committee  It actually depends on what we are talking about. We manage contracts and the process, and we decide whether to launch a competition or not. The decision is often made by the government, but we, at Public Services and Procurement Canada manage the process and the contracts.

Public Accounts committee  The government must make decisions to assign a budget officer—