Thank you for your question.
I would also like to thank Canadians, of course, for being patient and for understanding that the negotiation process is necessary. We started negotiations with the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and it can take anywhere from 16 months to two years to reach an agreement. We worked very hard on that with PSAC.
It's important also to know that when we offered our first monetary offer last May 2022, PSAC chose to leave the table, as they no longer wanted to negotiate. We encouraged them to come back to the table, and when that happened last April, we found a way to do mediation. As you know, we continued to make efforts at the table, knowing that PSAC had decided to strike. We respect the strike decision that they made, but we did get to an agreement. I was very proud, and I'm waiting to ratify it.