Government Operations committee  Thank you again, Patrick, for that question. We have both a greening government centre and a greening government strategy. The greening government strategy is part of the renewed and enhanced climate strategy that we announced in December. It's obviously complementary to the ma

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Patrick. We're very proud and privileged to have you around the group. In just a few words, you summarized both the environmental value of green procurement and its significant economic benefits as well. We are at the start of an incredibly important revolution from e

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Matthew, and thank you for the reminder that in the earlier mandate it was indeed closer to our investment strategy to make it more affordable and more inclusive and safer for Canadians to find a home. I would point out that Minister Hussen has been extremely active on

Government Operations committee  That's a great question. Let's see whether Glenn has the information.

Government Operations committee  I believe, again, that you might want to talk to my colleague, Minister Hussen, for the current state of affairs. The right answer is that it's based on local conditions, obviously, and sensitive to local views on what is affordable, because we need to work with provinces and ter

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Ms. Harder, for asking the question. I suppose and suspect you were there at the beginning of the meeting when we talked about the importance of thinking about procurement in a broad way, taking into account both the important advantages of providing services and good

Government Operations committee  That's exactly where I was going, because past the green procurement supply chain that we want to build, there is the social impact of procurement and supporting indigenous—

Government Operations committee  Supporting indigenous businesses and workers is exactly what the objective of this—

Government Operations committee  Supporting those indigenous businesses, workers and communities is, as I said—

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not sure I'm able to [Technical difficulty—Editor] the question—

Government Operations committee  —that Ms. Harder is asking because I think she needs and deserves a correct answer, but it's a bit hard to provide one while being interrupted so quickly. I can try perhaps to switch to Mr. Ermuth, who would know the details around procurement or at least be able to refer Ms. Har

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. To begin with, I can speak more openly about the Official Languages Act because I am a signatory to the Cabinet memorandum that led to the modernization of this act. Not only that, but the Treasury Board is very much involved, as was mentioned. As fo

Government Operations committee  That's a very good question, and that's why I would like to ask Ms. Cahill to answer it.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Drouin. I want to thank you for being an extraordinarily strong and credible representative of the Franco-Ontarian community. We are very lucky to have you in the Canadian government and in Parliament. When you speak, we know it comes from your heart and

Government Operations committee  That's an excellent question, Mr. Drouin. The objective is simple: it is to establish a Canadian government watchdog to ensure that the departments do their job with regard to official languages. We need a central agency, such as the Treasury Board or the Privy Council Office, t