Government Operations committee  For the precise answers to your questions, which I believe you deserve to get, I will turn to Nancy for the length of time that we have been engaged in discussions, dating to when those agreements expired, and any other related matters.

Government Operations committee  It's a very good question. I know some of the answers. However, I would prefer to turn to Nancy for more complete answers.

Government Operations committee  If I may, I will step in. As Nancy has said, and as you seem to be agreeing to, Mr. Green, we are going to need to look after students and our youth in the weeks and months to come, because they are going through very difficult circumstances. Today's announcement, by the way, a

Government Operations committee  We are not only, as you say, quite mindful of the importance of maintaining the integrity of the government—

Government Operations committee  In that case, I will turn to Francis, who would know a lot more about the various measures that have been taken.

Government Operations committee  Before I turn to Francis, I will say that I know the public service quite well and can assure you, Mr. McCauley, that they do all they need to do to preserve the integrity of the system. For more details, perhaps Francis would want to step in.

Government Operations committee  Nancy, would you like to provide whatever information we have at the level of the secretariat?

Government Operations committee  This is directly linked to the question asked by member Vignola just a moment ago. We can—

Government Operations committee  That's right. Your question is even more specific. In that case, who on the team would be best able to answer?

Government Operations committee  I had, indeed, a very good discussion—

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Drouin. You brought up two very important things. Let me quickly summarize them. First, we owe a very great debt of gratitude to public servants, since their personal conditions during the crisis also affect them and because their professional

Government Operations committee  I am going to let Ms. Chahwan answer that question.

Government Operations committee  Providing personal protective equipment to our public servants is an absolute priority. If you want more details on that, I can turn to some of the representatives.

Government Operations committee  I would love to answer your important request positively; however, you would need to turn to PSPC, because they are the ones handling all matters of international procurement.

Government Operations committee  I think you can make that reasonable request to them, and if you would like my assistance to connect you to their team, I would be glad to do so.