If I am not mistaken, Treasury Board is the number one employer for the federal government. However, Mr. Toews — and you now have the document in your hands — I want you to know that this is a very important matter for this area.
On another issue, the temporary employment agencies, i.e. those that provide temporary staff to federal departments and private employers, were terribly shocked last summer when the government tried to change the supply and demand of services. A whole process has been set up and we have been able to get a study from the Conference Board of Canada on this matter.
Mr. Fortier, the Minister for Public Works and Government Services, wanted to cut the number of temporary employment agencies from 144 to 7. He wanted to make sure that there would not be a large number of partners, agencies and temporary employment services, which would have forced several agencies to pull out of the market.
What is the status of that plan? Have you studied the matter? What is your thinking now for helping those agencies?