Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here today, Madam Minister.
On April 19 of this year, we had 155,000 public servants go on strike. Of course, this deeply impacted services all across Canada, for everything from passport delivery to, I think most significantly, tax returns. People were very concerned about filing their taxes, and many were concerned about when they would be processed and when they would get their returns back from their tax filings.
Your negotiations started in June 2021. Why could you and the Treasury Board not come to an agreement when you had two full years to do so?