Government Operations committee  Yes, I expect a package of reports to come that would be our annual report, which gives the concerns of the commission. Some of our concerns are obvious and already reflected in this committee—the state of readiness and the types of changes we have to make, concerns about non-par

Government Operations committee  Yes and no. Strictly, we're not responsible for compensation. But once we started looking at promotions and movement of people, we found that we have to look at classifications, which then leads you to compensation. Because some of the problems you're seeing in staffing are actua

Government Operations committee  No, that's the responsibility of the employer.

Government Operations committee  It is the computer system for the entire government. It is an amount earmarked for consultants and contracts. The other figures are estimates. The PSC will encounter the same difficulties as others do. Many senior employees will be retiring and new ones will be hired at lower lev

Government Operations committee  Okay, I'll start with your question on audit and what triggers an audit. We are setting up a system that I would like to see entirely risk-based and risk-driven, which does mean that we come forward with the problems. The idea behind our monitoring system and the monitoring of

Government Operations committee  It's part of the delegation agreement we have. We're saying these are the responsibilities to staff, this is how we expect you to run it, and these are the kinds of measures we expect you to monitor. We're looking at how many competitive processes you're running; we're looking

Government Operations committee  It's a very good question, and I worry about it, and that's because the system is in such transition, and I'm not quite clear what the end point is. On the audit side, I have to benchmark myself against the Auditor General, and I know I don't have the audit capacity I need to ha

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  We don't deal with those appointments. A member of the armed forces must handle that.

Government Operations committee  We are only responsible for civilian employees.

Government Operations committee  No, that is not what should be understood. If I recall correctly, the problem is more widespread among military employees. We are only responsible for appointments and the staffing of civilian members. In such cases, language is one criterion that must be met in order to obtain a

Government Operations committee  Yes, but it was not because of language issues. Rather, it was related to merit. Language is just one element in evaluating merit.

Government Operations committee  I should add that the system that allows us to determine the requirements of a position also allows us to determine whether or not requirements for a position are imperative or non-imperative.

Government Operations committee  It is due to the amount allocated for the entire computer system, for the first two years.

Government Operations committee  They in fact don't have the expertise in running the processes. The decision-making is with the department. So what happened before is, for example, the executive appointments were all made by the commission, so we made the appointments. Now what's happening is we may run the pro