Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you to the ministers and the staff for joining us.
My first question is for Minister Hajdu.
Canadians are reporting significant delays and disruption in receiving their old age security and GIS benefits, and frontline staff are reportedly working long hours just to keep the system running. Can you tell us how many seniors have been affected so far, whether that number is expected to increase and how many employees are currently working overtime to fix these issues, along with the cost to taxpayers?