Public Accounts committee  It is possible for an individual department to put in place a similar standing arrangement that can be accessed. We don't typically do this. A number of them are put in place for us by common service providers, those being Public Services and Procurement Canada and Shared Service

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I can provide some information. There are 24 contracts with Dalian that we have reviewed or started to review, and so far we've been through 14 of them. One of them was awarded to Dalian on the basis of their registry. That was in the early 2022 time frame. When Dalia

Public Accounts committee  There are two elements. Of course, there are personal security clearances, but from a contract perspective, a security requirements checklist is filled in at the beginning of the contracting process to determine the appropriate classification levels for the work to be conducted.

Public Accounts committee  We have the contract names and we can provide that information.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, we have looked into this. There were five contractors working on the team that Mr. Yeo was leading on the project. Those contractors had all been in place prior to his starting with us as a public servant. None of them was a resource provided by Dalian.

Public Accounts committee  I would add that it was a good question. We asked the same question: How could we have missed this? Of course, at the level where we're operating, individuals aren't watching parliamentary committees—forgive me—and they weren't aware of it. The committee appearance was actually m

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, as the deputy said, he was billing as Dalian, through Dalian.

National Defence committee  I think that's still under consideration. I don't think anybody has said no yet. There is a recognition that there are more modern, capable ejection seats available, but it has to be an investment that's made in light of the future plans for the fleet. We are upgrading the cock

National Defence committee  We have various opportunities to engage with industry. We have the good fortune of having the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries here in Canada, which arranges the CANSEC defence show every spring. That's an excellent opportunity to bring everybody together.

National Defence committee  For each project that's approved and is in either the definition or the implementation phase at National Defence, there is a project manager named. Through the assignment of responsibilities, that individual is often reporting to me, directly or indirectly, to advance the project

National Defence committee  I can't speak about the experiences in other departments. At National Defence, we welcome the review from the OPO, the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman, because it takes an external look at our practices. We were a bit challenged in responding to the OPO at the time because w

National Defence committee  At this point, there has been a study under way to look at the possibilities of a seat replacement for the Tutor aircraft. No decision has been made at this point to actually go ahead with that.

National Defence committee  During the pandemic, we were able to exercise flexibilities in the government contract regulations that dealt with emergencies. Those don't normally apply in the case of defence procurement. Nevertheless, we can work with our colleagues to accelerate the processes with a concentr

National Defence committee  The timelines that we're working toward or that we're anchored around are based on the life of the CP-140 Aurora as it is right now. The reality is that there isn't a specific date on a calendar in the future when the CP-140 will suddenly no longer be able to fly or operate. What

National Defence committee  This would not be a procurement that I would typically assign as UOR. In the case of our operations in Latvia, the Canadian Armed Forces has recognized an urgent operational requirement based on operational experience in Ukraine.