Mr. Speaker, I am very glad to confirm that we have reached an agreement with 90% of our civil servants. It lasted 18 months and it was difficult, but it is an excellent agreement.
I am also glad to say that in that same agreement we have put into place now the pay equity for the future, the structure necessary to implement it, so that there will no further gender bias against women in our pay scales for the future. This is an extraordinarily important achievement.
This agreement is to be ratified between December 6 and 16. We will be able to pay the amounts within a few weeks after the ratification.