No, it is very much a Government of Canada problem.
Again, we've never seen anything like this. With the Government of Canada not being able to pay its own employees on time and properly, that's why we're calling for a national inquiry into this. It's eight years later, and federal public sector workers are still not being paid properly.
Some Conservative members of this committee unfortunately think that's funny and that it's a joke. Unfortunately, for the 140,000 federal public sector workers we represent in the federal public service, it's no joke. It's no laughing matter when you can't get paid on time.
I did not appreciate the laughter coming from the Conservatives on this, Mr. Chair. We're talking about federal public sector workers not being paid on time and paid properly, and the Conservatives think that's funny. I'm sorry, but I take offence to that.