Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, President Carr and Mr. McAuley, for joining us again here at OGGO and for providing your excellent testimony. Furthermore, thank you to the tremendous public servants who you represent.
We've gone through so much in the last couple of years. Thanks to the workers—the public servants—you represent who are committed and dedicated, Canadians were able to get through the toughest two years. I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of everyone here around this table for the tremendous work of your members.
Since about 2015, our government has made tremendous investments in our public servants. You can look at the fact that since 2015, when this government took office, we've hired about 60,000 full-time employees in the public service, which is an investment of roughly an additional $20 billion. That's 60,000 full-time employees hired. I wouldn't say this federal government is shy about bringing services in-house, nor is it shy about investing in our federal public service.
I just wanted to ask you for a comment on the fact that we've seen a tremendous growth in the number of full-time public servants, and we've seen increased investment in our federal public service.