Government Operations committee  What is the difference between a contribution and a grant?

Government Operations committee  These are obviously important distinctions. I would defer to our colleagues Ministers Anand and Champagne to explain exactly whether and how there is a difference between those two things in the particular context of their operations.

Government Operations committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Paul-Hus. I'm very pleased to see you and hear you. That's an entirely legitimate question. If you want an exact answer—and I imagine that's what you do want—you'd have to put it to either the Department of Justice, if you're talking about legal proceedings,

Government Operations committee  Procurement processes are managed by Public Services and Procurement Canada. If it relates to Health Canada, then Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada are obviously involved in the exercise. If that results in lawsuits…

Government Operations committee  We don't manage legal proceedings. You mustn't confuse the Treasury Board Secretariat with the Department of Justice…

Government Operations committee  That's an excellent question. Yes, renewals and adjustments have been made. As regards the renewal of initial delegations, significant standards and expectations were transmitted to the departments concerned. I'm going to ask Roger Ermuth, who is an expert on this matter, to pr

Government Operations committee  We're actually monitoring the situation. Even though the pandemic is probably coming to an end, we must continue enforcing measures and making sound investments to protect people's health and safety. However, our economy has been hit hard by this health crisis in recent months.

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

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, 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