Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to your House of Commons. Of course, our thoughts are primarily with those tens or hundreds of thousands of Canadians who are currently suffering because of the Phoenix pay system.
As Mrs. Mendès was saying earlier, we all understand that, after 40 years, the pay system had to be revamped. We also all understand that revamping a pay system that affects so many elements is an extremely fragile and delicate endeavour. We also all understand that, on two occasions in 2015, as reported by the document dated December 4, 2015, the government delayed the implementation of the Phoenix system in order to avoid problems that unfortunately occurred.
Yet on February 24, 2016, the minister gave the green light for the Phoenix pay system's implementation, with the entire host of problems that move involved.
Ms. Lemay, were you the one who advised the minister to go ahead with the implementation?