Thank you, Madam Chair.
Good afternoon to all of you.
Earlier with the minister, we discussed the size of the federal public service. Now this question goes hand in hand with that of subcontracting. Subcontracting is not advantageous, in my opinion, because it costs more to pay subcontractors than to maintain a public service staff with permanent employees.
You say that the same amounts will be maintained in each department, but I would like to know how it will be possible to avoid losing staff without being forced to turn to subcontractors. This solution costs more than if we had kept our staff. It is completely illogical, in my opinion. Regardless of the party in power, this phenomenon occurs time and time again.