Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, and your officials, for joining us here today.
I have a question pertaining to something that I think this committee should in fact be taking a look at. The Public Service Commission of Canada pulls data on veterans from the Department of National Defence through a secure channel to identify eligible veterans and CAF members in the public service resourcing system. We learned recently that there was a technical problem that has kept thousands of veterans and CAF members from being hired or from having even the opportunity to apply for public service jobs. Apparently, this may have been going on for as long as three years.
Minister, I would like to hear your reaction on this and how it has impacted the department and, of course, veterans.