Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I thank all of you for being here with us today to discuss a topic of growing importance in the eyes of the public, I believe.
What do you have to say about the fact that in 2014, the managers assigned to the pay transformation initiative received the Public Service Award of Excellence for their work from Prime Minister Harper? After all, no one yet knew whether the project would be a success or not, since the system had not yet been launched. Moreover, how did the government come to award a prize for excellence to individuals who had not yet proven themselves, since the project was just at its very beginning?