Francis Drouin at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On July 23rd, 2020. See this statement in context.

July 23rd, 2020 / 1:35 p.m.

Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'd like to thank the witnesses for joining us. In some cases, this is their fourth time appearing before the committee, so I want to say how much I appreciate their time, especially in July.

Being a member from the national capital region, I'm fortunate to represent many members of the public service. Clearly, the Phoenix pay system came up again during the last election. I'd like to know where things stand and how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted the situation.

The signing of collective agreements sometimes created backlogs because the people working with Phoenix had to input the data. Do you anticipate the same problems this time around?

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