Evidence of meeting #60 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was resources.
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NDP
Erin Weir NDP Regina—Lewvan, SK
Have the problems with the Phoenix payroll system made it harder to retain people in the federal public service?
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Acting Senior Vice-President, Policy and Corporate Affairs, Public Service Commission
Listen, I'm sure everyone—I can only speak for our organization—had and has some issues with the pay system, for sure, that we're managing with the department.
I don't think so. People are coming in. We hired about 10,000 students during the summer. These are people who came in, they wanted a summer job, and they wanted to gain some valuable experience. Potentially, a lot of them maybe had some issues with their paycheques—potentially, I don't know—but it didn't stop them from coming and wanting to work for the government to gain that experience.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski
Lady and gentlemen, thank you once again for your appearance here today. Your testimony has been very helpful.
We will excuse you now. Thank you.
Colleagues, we'll suspend for about two minutes, and we'll then go into a quick five-minute in-camera session for future business.
[Proceedings continue in camera]