Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you very much, Ms. O'Brien.
I'd like to go back to the personnel budget. Unless I'm mistaken, the $9 million difference is not an increase, but rather back pay that was not paid. It can also be said that the real frozen amount is $320,109,000.
I have a specific question to ask concerning pay equity. We know that the government has chosen to make it a negotiable right. It's strange to say that because a right is not supposed to be negotiated, but it is acquired.
I would like to understand a little. With regard to your personnel expenditure, how did you decide to negotiate this pay equity matter with your personnel? Is it an issue that poses a problem? Have you conducted your analysis of what the pay equity file might cost? Have you analyzed the file in light of the recent decisions the government has made in the matter?