Thank you, and thank you, Ms. Winger, for being here. Thanks for the advocacy on behalf of all your members. I want to thank your members for the incredible service they do every day to support our country and the best interests of Canadians.
We learned through DND's documents that it gave McKinsey a contract to—I'm going to read this—“advise and assist in the development of a transformational staffing plan.” Basically, McKinsey will be analyzing roles, responsibilities, training and more for all personnel categories, including public service workers and contracted employees.
McKinsey will also be making recommendations for organizational and workplace changes, even for elements of the Canadian Joint Operations Command services that the government believes would be best suited for contracting out.
Can you tell me whether the union was consulted prior to this contract, as is required? I also want to know your response to the contract. Do you have concerns with this? Do you believe there's a conflict here?