I agree that the current process does take too long and is overly bureaucratic. I think that on occasion, the employer has already demonstrated the ability to work within the existing system and to streamline it so that we aren't waiting six months for a process.
If the process is done right, we've seen hundreds of employees being hired in a couple of months. I think it just takes the time, the energy and the desire, frankly, to prioritize this type of work in human resources, which is often the last thing that gets considered when we see departments going through transformation.
When we talk about reforms, it's about updating the existing system, making it work better and investing resources there instead of taking the easy routes. Aside from contracting out, we saw at IRCC, for example, that 85% of staffing actions in the last year were done through unadvertised staffing. We see a lot of favouritism. We see a lot of nepotism. We see a lot of people's kids, uncles and brothers getting hired in the department instead of the employer taking the time to do a fair and transparent process.