Mr. Chair, as you will recall, Treasury Board Secretariat was allocated $16 million over two years in budget 2018 to explore options for the next-generation pay system. That work is being led by the chief information officer, Alex Benay, at Treasury Board Secretariat. There are connections with the work we're doing on stabilization, because we do need to have a stable system with data integrity prior to launching a new system, whether on a pilot basis or what have you. Treasury Board has engaged in an agile procurement process to determine whether or not there is software that would be able to function in support of the Government of Canada's pay environment. They are going through a gating process to winnow down the number of vendors who would potentially be able to provide that kind of support, whether as a unique vendor or multiple vendors.
In terms of specific detail, I wouldn't want to go too far without referring to the experts. I would recommend Mr. Benay and the Treasury Board Secretariat for further detail on their process and their go-forward strategy.