Mr. Speaker, my question is for the President of the Treasury Board. Public sector salaries and benefits are the single largest operating expenditure of the government and vastly outstrip what Canadians can expect to receive in the private sector. We have also found that there is an extremely high rate of absenteeism in the public service.
Could the President of the Treasury Board please update the House on what he is doing to fix this issue and ensure that taxpayers are respected?