Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. On the ESDC side, we did obtain a commitment for a multi-year amount for the ESDC labour program, which will total $2.5 million. In the supplementary (B)s, you'll notice almost $500,000 of that, which is the first tranche. That is because the money will come late in this year.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. Actually, I have the number with me. Just give me a minute.

Human Resources committee  Okay. I think the number is about 9,000 so far, but I'm just checking it. I'm going to ask Ms. Baxter whether she has the exact number, but I think it's about 9,000 people. Ms. Baxter, do I have the right number?

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Part of the Canada Labour Code mandates that every organization has the hazard prevention program and that it be kept up to date. Within the corrections context, they would have two different mechanisms to ensure that was done in collaboration with labour.

Human Resources committee  I'd be happy to. There are a number of pockets where programming activity has changed quite dramatically. If you'll permit, I'll just cover a few of them. One of them is the wage earner protection program, which is a program we haven't covered yet tonight. It provides compensation to workers who were terminated as a result of being associated with a company that has gone bankrupt or into receivership.

Human Resources committee  I'd start off by acknowledging that the correctional officers as well as others, such as the food inspection officers, work in very challenging environments in the normal course of affairs, and certainly the current context makes that much more complicated. I just want to acknowledge that.

Human Resources committee  What I would say is that I think it's clear to a lot of people that there's been a challenge with obtaining enough PPE for the present circumstances, particularly when a lot of it is produced out of country. I do appreciate that Corrections is one of the institutions that had a challenge along with a number of others.

Human Resources committee  That is correct, Minister.

Human Resources committee  That is correct, yes.

Human Resources committee  I'm wondering if Mark Perlman maybe has a comment, from the CFO perspective.