Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Edwards, it's nice to see you again.
Madam Fraser, I would like to thank you for the work you do, because it seems that you kick-start many things to get done. We certainly need to ensure that our foreign public service is working well and up to par. There seem to be some problems there.
I noticed something in your report, Madam Fraser, that I think is worth quoting because it demonstrates the size of the problem. I'm looking at paragraph 3.4 where it says: “The Department is organized into two operational and eight functional branches, as well as two administrative branches, one of which is dedicated to supporting the management of human resources (Human Resources Branch).” And then it goes on to say....
I'm sorry, I lost my train of thought there. Let me start again, Mr. Chairman.
I'm concerned about this “no strategic human resource plan”, Mr. Edwards.
Mr. Small, I understand you're new at the job. Are you going to address this issue right now? I know you're staring to work on the development of the plan. Will that go ahead and get done? What date will it be done by?