Government Operations committee  Yes, it is the responsibility of the employee to assess and understand if they may have a perceived or potential conflict of interest, and to use the appropriate system and supports to report that.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  I can confirm that it's enough for the moment. Of course, the staff responsible for providing support to the task force receive salaries. They organize meetings, prepare materials, liaise with stakeholders and conduct research. In addition, as you mentioned, task force members—

Government Operations committee  The information that has been provided and reported are the declarations of conflict of interest, which have been deposited and reviewed, where mitigation measures have been indicated and/or put into place, and employees have taken a decision whether to apply those mitigation measures or to step aside.

Government Operations committee  Good morning. My name is Heidi Kutz. I am the associate ADM of people and culture in OCHRO at the Treasury Board. With respect to that question, I can advise you that the response to the question by the committee was deposited late on Friday.

Government Operations committee  On that, I would certainly defer to parliamentary relations and relations between the committees, but I understand that it could be facilitated.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I do not have the detailed information on hand, so I won't be in a position to respond to that question today.

Government Operations committee  I'm sorry, perhaps you can bear with me for just a moment. I can advise that the information requested covered the periods of 2022 and 2023 with respect to individuals who had articulated a conflict of interest with respect to a contracting relationship. The information that has been provided....

Government Operations committee  Excuse me, I'm sorry. I do have the answer. It's 79 in 2022-23 and 84 in 2023-24. I'm sorry for the delay.

Government Operations committee  It was 79 in fiscal year 2022-23 and 84 in fiscal year 2023-24.

Government Operations committee  I do not.

Government Operations committee  With reference to individuals submitting conflict of interest declarations.... That's the initiation of a process where an individual is understood to be in a perceived, actual, or possible future conflict of interest. The process of submitting those applications means it is then reviewed, and if it is possible to mitigate those conflicts of interest, mitigation measures are put into place.

Government Operations committee  No. To be clear, what I'd like to underscore is that the completion of a declaration does not signify or suggest any wrongdoing; rather, it demonstrates that employees have acted in full compliance with rules and requirements in reporting the conflict. On the depositing of a conflict of interest declaration, the evaluation and the review are made as to whether or not the individual is in a real, perceived or potential future conflict of interest.