Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Jaczek, Ms. Reza, gentlemen, thank you for being with us.
On Monday, the Parliamentary Budget Officer told this committee that it was worrying to see both record spending on consultants and record numbers of civil servants.
The current number of civil servants is about 1% of the population, which is also growing. What is worrisome is that in both cases, these are record numbers, but there is no significant improvement in services. We can mention here the problems with immigration, passports, family allowances, employment insurance, and so on.
I would like to know, given that the need for emergency services has decreased since the peak of the pandemic passed, why spending on professional and special services is not returning to the levels we experienced before the pandemic.