Government Operations committee  There are three different things. First, as we were saying, these central votes exist to make sure Canadians get the best impact out of the investments made by the government. As I said, vote 10 in particular is there to facilitate that in the situation of a complex environment.

Government Operations committee  What we certainly will see—and need to see, as you are correctly stating—is as much transparency as parliamentarians need and deserve. In that context, parliamentarians will want and need to understand the evolution of these expenditures from year to year. We all understand that

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Drouin. By the way, I would like to acknowledge your important work once again. Here, the key words are “effectiveness” and “transparency”. As we know very well, there is a problem that goes back to the beginning of Confederation, I believe. It is a pro

Government Operations committee  Thank you so much for this opportunity to provide a—

Government Operations committee  No, I would never blame Minister Brison because first, he is such a nice person and a professional member of Parliament that you have had the opportunity to know far better and for longer than I did. Unfortunately I only came here in 2015, so I missed much of his career—

Government Operations committee  As you will know as an experienced member of Parliament, these votes are central votes and vote 10 is particular, it's for whole-of-government initiatives, which are of course a challenge for the efficiency and the equity of government expenditures because they involve many depar

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm very pleased to begin, since I have many good things to tell you, especially on issues of concern to you. First, I would like to thank the committee for inviting me today to discuss supplementary estimates (B) 2019-20. As you said, this is the first ti