Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank you all for being here today. We sincerely appreciate it.
I would like to come back to the supplementary estimates.
You are requesting $8.1 million for accommodation space. This year efforts to resolve Phoenix pay issues were successful in 98% of cases. Last year, around $8 million was also requested for accommodations, and in that case, it was specified that given the issues with Phoenix and retroactive pension payments, more staff was needed.
Why is this $8-million amount needed again this year, when it was decided to keep these new employees, who account for the 98% success rate in retroactive pay cases?
Why isn't this $8 million in the Main Estimates, since this has become ongoing?