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In question period on government procurement, the Bloc Québécois asked about cost overruns on the Cúram software used to pay old age security, saying the government added $451 million after denying problems and used its new majority in committee to end investigations into the overruns and the Driver Inc. issue. Minister Steven MacKinnon said nothing was hidden, that the procurement and budgets were transparent, and that the software helps millions of seniors receive payments securely. Minister Patty Hajdu said $1.8 billion of a $4.8-billion budget had been spent and that the old age security modernization was delivered under budget, with information shared with opposition parties.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Steven MacKinnon

Liberal
“We are not hiding anything. We bought this software openly and stayed on budget. It helps millions of Canadian seniors get their payments safely every month.”
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Mr. Speaker, no one is hiding anything from anyone. Everything has been transparent. The procurement process was transparent. Budgets were transparent and were met. This software is helping us bring security to the lives of millions of Canadian seniors every month.

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Patty Hajdu

Liberal
“We have spent $1.8 billion out of our $4.8-billion budget to modernize these systems. Our work on the old age security system actually came in under budget. We have shared all this information openly with the opposition parties.”

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Mr. Speaker, since the program to modernize these processes began, $1.8 billion has been invested out of a total budget of $4.8 billion. In fact, the modernization of old age security was delivered under budget, which is a testament to how rigorously this project was managed. This information was disclosed in a fully transparent manner and reviewed by the opposition parties and the committee chaired by the opposition.

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