Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for coming.
Minister, since ISC was created back in 2017, your department has gone from about 4,200 employees to almost double that, at over 8,000. The last estimate I found on your website was 8,600 employees, but your outcomes have actually gone down.
We've had numerous Auditor General reports putting out continuous failures within the department: Housing is overcrowded, crime is on the rise and mental health and addictions are still continuing to get worse under your government's watch. We still have drinking water advisories in effect, some of which have lasted 10 years or more, but your government promised to end that in 2019.
Why do we continually add more people to your department, yet we see more failures at the same time?