Mrs. Kusie, you can imagine that I'm just as frustrated as you are with the Phoenix situation. Canadians are. Employees are. Many of the affected employees have been distraught. They deserve to be paid accurately, on time and so on. As for the exact number in the backlog, I know, obviously, it has increased recently because of the volume of need of individuals who have been employed through the pandemic. There has been an increase in FTEs acquired by the government and, therefore, an increase in the number of transactions. Perhaps the deputy has the precise numbers.
We're certainly making progress overall, but as the volume has increased, the numbers in the backlog have also.
Mr. Deputy, please give us the exact numbers.