Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, welcome to the committee and thank you for joining us today.
I would like to expand on two matters.
Let me give you some brief background on the first. We are already talking about it to an extent. Of course, when we discuss this bill on labour relations in the federal public sector, Phoenix is not far from our minds. When this new pay system was designed, the Conservatives' main objective was to achieve cost efficiencies, which simply meant that they set about cutting corners in order to reduce the costs.
Recently, we have announced new investments to stabilize the public service pay system. These are measures designed to achieve a long-term solution.
Can you tell us what lessons have been learned from the mistakes the Conservatives made and what recent efforts has the government made to improve the situation through this bill?