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I do know that when we came into office in 2015, there were various departments that had undergone very draconian spending cuts by the Conservative government. For example, we invested over a billion dollars into the Canada Revenue Agency. A lot of it went into technology. You see some of those investments paying off in the ability to undertake the Canada emergency response benefit, whereby Canadians applied on a Monday morning and received a direct deposit into their accounts sometimes within 24 or 36 hours. You heard that anecdotal evidence and, for that matter, the reality that it was.
We need to ensure that the Auditor General's office has the resources, and not only the human capital but also the technological wherewithal, to move within a more digitized period. For me, it's something that we need to do. Transparency and accountability are bedrock in my principles as a parliamentarian and as someone who sat on the Accounting Standards Board user advisory committee in Canada for almost a decade. Those are two things that have been drilled into me. It's very important.
In terms of the workflow or the workflow plan, you said that you were out hiring. I read this morning that there's an engineering firm in Montreal that's looking to hire as well, but they're having difficulty in hiring. We are seeing some green shoots in the economy, but because of the traditional way of hiring someone—screening them and meeting with them—it's not happening as quickly as possible. Can you give us some feedback in terms of your hiring process? Can we get the individuals in, interviewed and going through that process, or are you finding some difficulties there?