Mr. Speaker, my department is attempting to ensure that the program is administered fairly for all recipients. This is our duty to all those who trust us with their funds. It is perfectly normal practice from an administrative point of view to administer the funds entrusted to us in an equitable manner.
When we are told that there are quotas, that people's jobs depend on them, I can tell you that no individual job is linked to such practices, that in a department the size of Human Resources Development where employees are covered by collective agreements, if tasks were reassigned because there was less work in a given area, workers would be given other duties within the department.