Government Operations committee  I am not aware that we would track it, certainly as PSPC, as a common service provider. This would be something that an individual department would be responsible for, in terms of owning the requirements and the estimates. I'm just not able to speak to that more broadly. Emilio

Government Operations committee  Thanks very much for the question, Mr. Chair. I'm afraid I'm not able to speak to the specifics of that particular contract. It is possible that it might be within the authorities of a particular department. As the common service provider, we're responsible for the procurement

Government Operations committee  Again, thanks very much for the question. In terms of speaking to any particular trend, I'm not in a position to speak to a particular trend. Again, as the common service provider, we are responsible for managing the procurement processes associated with the requirements of ou

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Chair. I can speak to this from the perspective of the role of the common service provider as PSPC, where we support other government departments in their work when they require outsourcing in order to achieve certain types of work. For

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Chair. In that particular instance, it would be important for me to outline that we have policies in place to mitigate against the instances of what would be called an “employer-employee relationship”. We have particular policies in plac

Government Operations committee  —ensure that we mitigate and assess risks.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Chair. As I indicated, we have the policy and procedures in place to mitigate against the risks of such an employee-employer relationship. I have my colleague from the Treasury Board Secretariat, which would be the owner of the policy f

Government Operations committee  Thanks very much for the question, Mr. Chair. As was alluded to in our opening remarks, there are a variety of reasons why we outsource specific tasks, whether it's for specialized skills or a surge capacity or other elements that are lacking in our in-house expertise—

Government Operations committee  I'm afraid I don't have the specific line item that is being referred to here, so I would have to look at that particular information. As I said, when we outsource to a consultant company for specific work, that is generally in line with that rationale. Again, as a common service

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to Public Services and Procurement Canada's outsourcing procedures in my role as associate assistant deputy minister of procurement. I am joined today by my colle