Public Accounts committee  I'm not aware of any specific deficiency. If there's a report you've asked for, I'd be happy to take requests from the clerk of the committee and fulfill them as quickly as possible.

Public Accounts committee  I'm not able to make that undertaking. I can undertake finding out what the issue is and give you a better response.

Public Accounts committee  Okay. I'd be pleased to report back.

Public Accounts committee  Essentially those are some of the principles that the Auditor General enumerated. It means having capacity within those governments to exercise their functions, which are a combination of municipal- and provincial-like responsibilities. Absolutely, we should be helping them to g

Public Accounts committee  If you have specific requests, I'd be pleased to try to fulfill them.

Public Accounts committee  I will look into your request, Mr. Williams.

Public Accounts committee  I think there are attempts to supervise what moneys are used for and what the objectives of transfers are. This is a balance between the autonomy of the aboriginal governments—the first nations governments for the most part—for their own activities.... We work through contributio

Public Accounts committee  I'm not the right person to ask the question to. The appointment system is an executive function the Prime Minister and the Clerk of the Privy Council exercise. These are Governor in Council appointments, and the usual explanation of why somebody is moved is to ask why the vacanc

Public Accounts committee  Pardon?

Public Accounts committee  —which we're all grateful for. On the mould issue, as I said to Monsieur Lemay, I accept responsibility to use my convening power to bring the energies together. I have my vertical accountability; so does my colleague at Health, and so does the president of CMHC. I will do what

Public Accounts committee  The issue of paper-shuffling was raised by Mr. Fitzpatrick. There are issues about how we do business that actually affect our ability to achieve our objectives. Some sustained attention to information tools, financial systems, the kinds of reporting burdens, and whether the ener

Public Accounts committee  I think that's a compliment, coming from you.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Christopherson. You missed my apology to the committee for any inconvenience that was caused to you. The situation was rather hot last week, and as you probably saw in the news coverage, today's a better day—

Public Accounts committee  Without straying into what is cabinet and parliamentary prerogative, I work within the laws and the appropriations that Parliament gives us. I agree entirely with the sentiment that money alone is not going to solve the socio-economic problems. My advice to the minister—and I