Government Operations committee  Yes. I mean, eight million bucks on a barn...? The National Capital Commission and Rideau Hall teamed up to soak taxpayers for a whole bunch of waste. Look, I think the real issue here with the ArriveCAN app is the fact that it originally launched for $80,000, and at the end of

Government Operations committee  When it comes to legal issues, I'll leave the specifics with the RCMP. The Auditor General's report we'll leave with the Auditor General until we see the report. What I'm really hoping for is that this committee will look forward at how to put in the guardrails to make sure this

Government Operations committee  Yes, a sunshine list just discloses the compensation of the top earners in government, to see how that trend is increasing year over year. As I mentioned, the vast majority of provincial governments implement a sunshine list for transparency 101 for taxpayers. I think that is a

Government Operations committee  I think the problem comes into play when there aren't guardrails on the government's side, when there is a lack of transparency, and when government agencies and institutions bend the rules when it comes to transparency requirements. We've seen that first-hand, just with the AT

Government Operations committee  I haven't reviewed that specific piece of legislation, but if you can encourage the greatest amount of transparency possible around the procurement, with as much whistle-blower protection as possible, then I think that is a step in the right direction to encourage transparency.

Government Operations committee  I didn't catch that. Can you repeat it? I apologize.

Government Operations committee  For starters, it's hard to believe that of the additional 98,000 government employees who have been hired since 2015, we couldn't tap two of them to be able to figure out who in Canada can build and do the IT work on an app. It's hard to believe, as the in-house costs of the gove

Government Operations committee  Yes. Sure. I absolutely think there needs to be more information.

Government Operations committee  I have a couple of suggestions. First, the Information Commissioner, on the Government of Canada's review published in January of 2021, makes a great recommendation for this. Recommendation two is essentially that agencies that are getting these outsourced contracts be subject

Government Operations committee  No, I don't.

Government Operations committee  I am a federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. For more information on the structure of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, head over to taxpayer.com. You can take a look at our website, and while you're there we have a bunch of great petitions to sign. A popular o

Government Operations committee  Once again, if you want—

Government Operations committee  Already we've spent a minute talking about the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

Government Operations committee  Let me just say, with respect to the member: If you want all of the information about the Canadian Taxpayers, an overview of our financial statements, head over to taxpayer.com. I will just add, if you just spent half of the time worrying about the people who fund your pay as yo

Government Operations committee  We have 235,000 Canadians—