Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates: April 29, 2022

2022 to 2023 Main Estimates, 2022 to 2023 Departmental Plan, and the Minister’s mandate letter

Date: Friday April 29, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Location: In person and videoconference

Table of contents

• General items: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Opening statement
• 2022 to 2023 Main Estimates: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Public Services and Procurement Canada 2022 to 2023 Main Estimates overview
• Shared Services Canada: 2022 to 2023 Main Estimates overview: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
• Main Estimates narratives: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Funding for increases in non-discretionary expenses associated with Crown-owned buildings and leased spaces (real property price and volume protection)
  • Procurement initiatives
  • Planning for capital and fit-up
  • Capital expenditures in the Long-term Investment Plan
• Shared Services Canada: Main Estimates narratives: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Funding for Workload Modernization and Migration Program
  • Funding for Information Technology Repair and Replacement Program
  • Funding for secure cloud enablement and defence evolution and departmental connectivity and monitoring initiative
  • Funding for the Next Generation Human Resources and Pay Solution
  • Funding for core information technology services and direct costs in support of partner-led projects initiatives
  • Funding for cyber and information technology security initiatives
  • Funding for cyber and information technology security initiatives (Budget 2018)
  • Funding for collective agreements
  • Funding for Employee Benefit Plan rate for legal services
  • Travel reduction
  • Transfer from various other government departments for the Government of Canada information technology enterprise service model
  • Transfer from Public Services and Procurement Canada for data centre consolidations
  • Transfer from Correctional Services Canada for the administrative services review
  • Internal realignment with Shared Services Canada
  • Transfer to Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat for the Greening Government Fund
  • Transfer to Treasury Board Secretariat for the Office of the Comptroller General’s Financial Community Developmental Plan and the inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility initiative
  • Reprofile for mission critical projects
  • Reprofile for the secure communications for national leadership project
  • Reprofile for the Innovative Solutions Canada Program
  • Adjustments for multi-year initiatives and projects funding profile changes
  • Statutory appropriations
  • Net increase to the vote-netted revenue authority
• Mandate letter commitments: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • COVID-19 procurement
  • Modernize procurement practices
  • Introduce legislation to eradicate forced labour
  • Increase the diversity of bidders on government contracts
  • Create a minimum 5% target for contracts with Indigenous businesses
  • Strengthen federal procurement practices and support procurement of Canadian clean technology
  • Introduce a new buy clean strategy
  • Renew the Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy fleets
  • Ensure the ongoing delivery of defence procurements
  • Eliminate pay backlog and advance next generation pay and human resources system
  • Advance work to rehabilitate and reinvigorate places and buildings of national significance
  • Improve crossings in the National Capital Region
  • Ensure that Canada Post provides high-quality service
• Procurement (including issues and policies): Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Vaccines
  • Rapid testing
  • Therapeutics
  • Procurement of personal protective equipment (foreign and domestic procurement)
  • Mobile health units
  • Security and contracting
  • Integrity in federal procurement
  • Status of SNC-Lavalin
  • Labour exploitation in procurement
  • Shared Services Canada procurement
• Diversity and inclusion in procurement: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Shared Services Canada: Procurement modernization and supplier diversity
  • Increasing Indigenous involvement in procurement
  • Diversity and inclusion in procurement
• Real property activities: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Federal building management during COVID-19
  • Greening Public Services and Procurement Canada’s portfolio
  • Lac-Mégantic rail bypass, reconstruction
  • National Capital Region bridges
  • Leases and contracts related to the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing
• Modernization of Parliament (Parliamentary Precinct): Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Status of the Long Term Vision and Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct
  • Rehabilitation of the Supreme Court of Canada and the West Memorial Building
• Phoenix: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Phoenix IBM and pay stabilization procurement initiatives
  • Phoenix overpayments
  • Next generation human resources and pay initiative
• Translation Bureau: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Virtual interpretation capacity
• Defence and Marine Procurement: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • National Shipbuilding Strategy
  • Polar icebreakers
  • Canadian surface combatant
  • Future fighter capability project
  • Parliamentary Budget Officer Report: Canadian surface combatants
  • Strategic tanker transport capability project
  • Military pistol procurement
  • Remotely piloted aircraft systems
• Portfolio organizations: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Canada Post health and safety
  • Canada Post financial stability
  • Rehabilitation of National Capital Commission assets including 24 Sussex, Rideau Hall, Stornoway, and Harrington Lake
  • National Capital Commission and payment-in-lieu-of-taxes
  • Canada Lands Company affordable housing initiatives
  • Acquisition of 80 Elgin Street
• 2022 to 2023 Departmental Plan: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Public Services and Procurement Services Canada: 2022 to 2023 Departmental Plan
  • Shared Services Canada: 2022 to 2023 Departmental Plan
• Shared Services Canada: Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
  • Cyber security overview
  • Government of Canada readiness for return to worksite
  • Government outsourcing of information technology services
  • Response to National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Report
  • Information technology service management contract

Date modified:

2022-08-25