I know earlier in the year, of course, there was the culmination of a round of collective bargaining that I certainly don't think went as it should have. I don't think the government should have waited to the point that federal civil servants were prepared to walk out in a rather unprecedented way, or at least in a way we have not seen for a long time.
I'm wondering how the issues that were at stake in bargaining affect retention and affect the federal government's ability not only to deliver on fixing this payroll system issue but also, more generally, to deliver on public services.
How does the government retain the expertise that it needs to do a good job when its position in respect of its workforce is to try to argue for substandard wage increases in the economy we're experiencing, and to not bargain respectfully when it comes to some of those workplace challenges that all workplaces, including the federal service, are facing in the postpandemic era?