Thank you very much. Thank you very much for your opening remarks. There is a lot of reading to do. I just got the report right now. We understand it's common practice. I wasn't completely aware of that, so my questions will be a bit based on the opening remarks you presented.
When we talk about the Public Service Employment Act and the way it has been implemented, a great deal has been downloaded now to the departments and agencies for hiring practices. According to your remarks, there seem to be some challenges, as you diplomatically put it. I haven't read the report, but I anticipate there are some problems with respect to that for HR planning, and you indicated a need to develop a community of HR professionals and so forth.
Is there also an issue with respect to funding? Is that an issue in terms of the challenges as well? More importantly, in relation to hiring practices, you indicated four targeted areas in your opening remarks, one of them being the underrepresentation of visible minorities. Is that an issue the departmental-level agencies are aware of? Specifically, do they have an action plan to address that issue?