Government Operations committee  I can't give you a firm answer on your costs yet. Those discussions are ongoing. But the logic behind the AOPS for Coast Guard is minimal design changes, because the value there is around delivering ships to the Coast Guard quickly. If you were to do a major design overhaul, I th

Government Operations committee  That's the value of the AOPS to Coast Guard: it ships quickly.

Government Operations committee  A start date...? We're in a phase right now, Mr. Chair, of working on finalizing the design over the next three to four years. We're hoping to start to build in early 2025. Was that right, André? You can—

Government Operations committee  Sorry, I misread my notes. They say “early 2020”, not “early 2025”, so there you go.

Government Operations committee  My understanding of dates, at their current stage, Mr. Chair, is that 2023 and 2025 are the two dates that are in play. For costing, I'll have to turn to my colleague André, or maybe you'll give us 30 seconds.

Government Operations committee  The Government of Canada has a build in Canada policy, so that's what we're working with.

Government Operations committee  All options are on the table.

Government Operations committee  Well, all options are on the table, but there's a build in Canada policy in play.

Government Operations committee  I can take that one. The principle we'd like to get to with a run of 15 ships is that as you move through the run, you want more risk sharing as you're learning, and then, as you get towards the 15th, or towards the end, we are hoping to have a price cap on each one, as they've

Government Operations committee  I have a couple of things to highlight. The Translation Bureau has gone through a rather massive transformation, and it's ongoing. The two things in that industry that I would highlight are the more automated scheduling tools for how the work is assigned, but more importantly,

Government Operations committee  The biggest change there, Mr. Chair, is in recent additions in both the House and the Senate of indigenous languages. You're seeing, with appropriate notice, the ability to provide translation into languages other than English and French for those purposes. That's relatively new

Government Operations committee  In general, yes.

Government Operations committee  There are some that are more challenging than others, Mr. Chair. There is just a lack of speakers, frankly, of some of those languages, so we have been reaching out across various communities so that we can get a broader base of expertise onside as we need it. It's more of a surg

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. You're absolutely right. In the past, we had trouble finding people to fill positions. Recently, though, we've started working with universities to develop more programs so we can train more students. We are working actively with universities to gen

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll be very quick on this. It is a bit of a chicken and egg situation, Madam Chair. What we're looking for is to make sure that we have a sense of the vision. These are some big decisions. Two are very important: the chamber and the welcome centre. Those are two that I would