Government Operations committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair, for the question. PSPC, of course, does have the Translation Bureau as part of the departmental portfolio, but I'm afraid that we're not able to speak to those specific details today. We would be happy to submit that information in writing to the committee.

Government Operations committee  I would simply add to what Emilio has said that we're responsible for working with our client departments. We would be the contracting authority, and our client departments, of course, would be the technical authority, so we would work together to ensure the performance monitorin

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. Again, as we have indicated, this is an area that would be in each individual department's accountabilities and responsibilities under the appropriate legislation, as well as the various oversight bodies. I know we've previously spoken to

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Chair. I believe that my colleague outlined earlier in the session a little bit about the procurement policies we have in place and how we seek to ensure that the government's broader socio-economic objectives are included in our procur

Government Operations committee  Thanks for the question. There was reference made to a specific contract requirement that PSPC manages. The particular one in question is one we manage on behalf of a client department, which is National Defence. It relates to the relocation services associated with specific req

Government Operations committee  Potentially. I'm afraid that without the information in front of me—

Government Operations committee  That is one of the larger requirements we manage with that particular supplier.

Government Operations committee  I can't speak to the specifics. I can say that we turn to these consultants to provide us with mission-critical services that are provided to the government and to our specific client departments. If there's a more specific question, I could offer to come back with information.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. While I'm not a representative of our human resources branch, I can speak to the fact that in our hiring practices we do abide by our human resources policies, which are, of course, established by the chief human resources officer. We do ha

Government Operations committee  As to the specific contract and capacity that is being contracted for, I'm afraid I would not be able to speak to an individual department's requirement, but, as I indicated, each department is responsible for determining that reasonable efforts have been undertaken to ensure tha

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. At PSPC, as a common service provider we are responsible for managing the procurement processes on behalf of our client departments. They are responsible for establishing the requirements of the individual procurement. They tend to do so fo

Government Operations committee  Actually, the client could be any of our government department clients, including Shared Services.

Government Operations committee  For that particular question, I'm afraid I do not have that information immediately at hand for IT services. Of course, there is a range of services that we procure at PSPC. I would have to come back to the committee in writing with that particular piece of information.

Government Operations committee  I'm afraid I do not actually have that number immediately at hand, but I would be very happy to provide that. In terms of the 5% target that has been established by the government, this was put in place as a policy of government in April, so each individual department is respons

Government Operations committee  Perhaps I'll start, and then my colleagues, if they wish, can add on. I'm not aware that we track in that manner, Mr. Chair, but we do have a process where our technical authorities, which would be our client departments, are responsible for the business cases and the cost estim