Thank you, Madam Chair.
As I'm listening to your report, I'm remembering how difficult it was for me to hire my staff as a new member of Parliament, so the thought of hiring tens of thousands of staff seems pretty daunting.
There are two areas I'd like to ask you about in my remaining five minutes. The first one is on the issue of employment equity. This is the 20th anniversary of employment equity legislation in our country. It is a goal we hold to make sure that our hiring is fair and democratic and that we're getting the best talent possible. We discussed earlier that there is a generational change taking place starting now, I guess, and over the next few years in the public service. You talked about a report that's going to come later this year.
What I'd like to know is how you will proceed to develop a strategy to take full advantage of the full range of talent we have and make sure we are diverse and fully representative in the public service, and that where barriers are identified there is a strategy to deal with them as quickly as possible.