Government Operations committee  BDC addresses are used for professional email correspondence.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. I know that the amounts you mentioned are investments by the BDC. That said, they should be considered as part of the investments in consulting firms for strategic reflection work on important projects...

Government Operations committee  My colleagues have informed me that we are participating fully in the committee's efforts. We will make available to you any documents requested, including those pertaining to the contract.

Government Operations committee  The documents presented were from the BDC, and contained some of the things proposed by McKinsey. Those presented to our Board of Directors had the BDC logo on them.

Government Operations committee  Not at all.

Government Operations committee  My involvement was being one of the interviewers. I was not responsible for the hire, but I was one of the people who interviewed those two candidates.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I agree, but I wanted to clarify. The reason I was involved in interviewing those two people was that one was to report to me directly, and the second was reporting to one of my direct reports.

Government Operations committee  First, it was a process that was well done. The roles were posted. For the two roles, headhunters were managing those processes. Again, along with my colleagues who interviewed those candidates, we took the decision as a team that those two candidates were the best ones to hire.

Government Operations committee  My former employers...?

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  I have a few comments. First, we've looked at how we could accelerate the adoption of digital, from both the bank's and the SMEs' perspectives. Second, one very important output of this strategic review—it was done by both McKinsey and the team internally—was to better understand from a numbers perspective and a qualitative perspective what the market share was that was up for BDC to serve more and better.

Government Operations committee  It did not address this specifically around skills, but we did recognize—and we do recognize today, for example—that to serve those underserved clientele, we need to bring in internally more of those talents so that we learn from them and know how to work and support those clientele.

Government Operations committee  If I may, Ms. Vignola, the strategic vision that resulted from this review gave us details on the areas we should be focusing on to perform more effectively.

Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely, because they reflected our strategic review. When the management team appeared before the board of directors, it explained the vision that the management team had developed with the support of over 400 internal employees. It wasn't McKinsey that drafted the strategic vision.

Government Operations committee  I would say $150 per week or $200 per week by 52.