Students are a special group. I have said from the outset that students don't have savings; students need to be paid for work performed. Traditionally, I'm told, students, like others in a lot of cases, would in previous years work for two to three months for the government before being paid. That is totally unacceptable as well, because students need to be paid. We've put a process in place to ensure that they are paid. I have heard there are students in some departments who have not been paid—not summer students, but students who are coming into the system as new hires in an interim position for a period of time, and we're looking closely at that.
On November 29th, 2016. See this statement in context.