Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ms. Barrados, I want to take this opportunity to come back to my two previous questions. I obviously talked too much and used almost all the time allocated, which meant that you didn't have a chance to answer.
Ms. Barrados, I asked you and your colleagues a question earlier about pay officers. Having listened to the discussion and had a chance to start reading your report, I note that it will be quite a challenge finding experienced human resources professionals. I know that you have made major recruitment efforts in that area.
Is there currently a pandemic affecting the pay processing sector? To your knowledge, is this happening only at Public Works and Government Services Canada? Do you have any involvement in recruitment?
When you advise people, what do you tell them about retention of staff? As I understand it, pay processing officers are leaving Public Works and Government Services Canada to go and work elsewhere, where they'll be a little happier. I intend to have direct discussions about this with the people involved.
Are there any problems that you are aware of? Do you have the authority to help the departments ensure that public servants are given the same decent treatment as everyone else and receive their acting pay or overtime pay?