Government Operations committee  Certainly. In terms of PSPC's complement as a department, we are now—like all departments—on the pod system, so a pod is used to process our transactions. Since last year when we put in the pod, we have achieved a reduction of about 30% in PSPC's statistics. I believe we are no

Government Operations committee  The answer is that it depends. I think we should probably maybe come back to this because Marc, my colleague, can offer you an explanation of the prioritization process. Just to further support what the minister said—

Government Operations committee  Can I just elaborate on that for one moment, please? The minister touched on it. The target was actually exceeded. That 40% target the minister referred to for greenhouse gas emissions reduction was by 2030. We've done it 10 years ahead of schedule. That's a great success story

Government Operations committee  No, the $440,000 referred to was the previous question about the—

Government Operations committee  No, but I'm happy to answer that now, if you like.

Government Operations committee  The department, as you know, maintains a large portfolio of real property. When we are able to sell real property, we are able to reinvest that money in our portfolio. The money referred to in the supplementary estimates, if I recall correctly—the CFO can correct me—relates to a

Government Operations committee  It's a broader portfolio issue. It doesn't get tied to one specific project. It's just a source of funds. It's part of the bank account; that's the way I would describe it.

Government Operations committee  I would characterize the funding formula a little differently than the member. We put forth a plan to Treasury Board that covers all of our buildings and major investments as well. Treasury Board then looks at the money we can reinvest from other sources, this being one of them,

Government Operations committee  It's for significant reinvestment. This is recapitalization, but it's part of the pot. If members are visualizing a building-by-building, project-by-project model that you attach to reinvestment, that's not the way the model works. It's part of the pot.

Government Operations committee  The recharging stations are in a variety of locations. Where they're in a public place, where the public has access, the public can recharge. Obviously, if it's in a more—

Government Operations committee  It's just there for use. I'm not aware of one where there's a charge. Obviously, if the recharging station is in a secure zone, you wouldn't have public access for that.

Government Operations committee  Certainly, and I'll be very quick. The pay pod is a vehicle used to reorganize our work to deal with the backlog. NextGen is a new procurement. They're going through a pilot phase but they're going to be testing live, fresh pay transactions as part of the test case. Pay pods are

Government Operations committee  The only thing I would add is that the department has been in growth mode for two reasons during the last couple of years. The member already mentioned Phoenix. There has been significant growth there. The other issue that's causing growth is the parliamentary precinct long-ter

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I want to make one clarification. Thank you. Page 58 of the departmental results report actually answers the member's last question, so I would just leave it at that.

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon and thank you for having me and my officials here with you today to talk about the role of Public Services and Procurement Canada in the government's response to COVID-19. Before I begin I would like to thank the people behind the scenes who