Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to Madame Laurendeau and Madame Bogden for being here.
I understand that this is rather a difficult situation for you, and I'm going to try to not make it more difficult. However, I do have some questions, and I have to be very, very blunt. When I asked for people from the bureaucracy to come to explain this to us, I was looking for technical information regarding the PSECA, and this, quite frankly, feels like a defence of it.
I am disappointed. We've been through this process in June of 2009 when we made our report on the government's legislation, and I was looking for more. So I'm going to start trying to dig out some of what I was looking for.
The government's response to our report in June of last year indicated that the government was committed to “appropriately and meaningfully” consulting the stakeholders, including federal public sector employers, bargaining agents, and public sector employees. When and with whom did the government consult? Are the consultations ongoing?
If something has come from those consultations, I'd like to see the discussion papers and the draft regulations. I'm wondering if we can have those tabled here so members of the committee can have a look at them and see exactly what the situation is at present.