Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Mr. Anders. I appreciate the opportunity to lead out.
I represent the back of the province of Alberta. We have the distinction of being the link up to the Alaska Highway. There are many people travelling through my community and they often come back from Alaska with a bumper sticker that reads “I survived the Alaska Highway”, but it's a frazzled cat that has hair sticking up, and people often comment that they lost a good portion of their nerves on that trip. I know that the folks who head in that direction and people who utilize that highway often will be very excited to hear about the $12.6 million that's going to be invested, at least in our portion of the highway. Having driven at least a part of it, I know that the area is in need of it. I thank you for that, on behalf of my constituents and the many people who will be travelling it.
In terms of this committee's business, one of the things that we have often discussed in this committee is the need to modernize the pay system within government services. I'm very excited to see the $4.4 million. We know that there are many people within the respective departments who are going to be very excited to see the modernization of the pay system happening.
Can you give us a bit of an outline as to where that now stands in terms of the process? Obviously the money is being asked for. What is the intent for that money, and what will we see as a result of that $4.4 million investment?