Madam Chair, perhaps I'll take that question for this part before going to the Department of Finance.
I guess you've raised two issues. I won't repeat what the Auditor General said, but certainly we are interested in securing our systems as much as possible.
We believe we have a secure system. We've taken some actions in addition to them to respond to new threats, but the biggest thing on the horizon is the Government of Canada-wide initiative to look at Sign in Canada, which provides an identifier, a digital ID, that could be used across the government. That's a project that's in train. It will take a little bit of time to come to fruition, but it provides a great opportunity.
On the issue of real-time data, obviously it would always be better to have real-time data. We do need to think about our systems and the burdens on Canadian businesses, etc., but as you noted, in the budget there is funding provided to start some work on what would be an e-payroll system to get more timely payroll data, which would be beneficial in a circumstance of the kind we just went through. Hopefully the consultations will show that it will be beneficial in the longer term, even without a pandemic.
We look forward to launching those consultations and finding out what people think about that and where the opportunities are. It won't be something that can come very quickly, but I think it does have at least potential at this stage.