OGGO Committee Related Document

The Standing Committee on
Government Operations and Estimates

On Monday, November 2, 2020, the committee adopted the following motion sending for documents:

That, in the context of its study of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the committee send for all briefing notes, memos and emails from senior officials, prepared for the Minister of Health, the President of the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Chief Medical Health Officer of Canada, and the Minister of Public Service and Procurement between 2010 and Monday, August 31, 2020, regarding the stockpiling, management, disposal and replenishment of medical equipment and supplies in the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile; that the committee receive the information no later than Tuesday, December 1, 2020; that matters of Cabinet confidence and national security be excluded from the request; and that any redactions to protect the privacy of Canadian citizens and permanent residents whose names and personal information may be included in the documents, as well as public servants who have been providing assistance on this matter, be made by the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons and that these documents be posted on the committee's web page.

The committee is pleased to make available, in printable format, the following documents which were submitted in response to the committee's motion:

• Letter to the clerk of the committee from the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons
• Documents submitted by the Department of Health
• Overview of documents submitted by the Department of Health
• Documents submitted by the Public Health Agency of Canada
• Letter to the clerk of the committee from the Public Health Agency of Canada
• Documents submitted by the Department of Public Works and Government Services