Human Resources committee  Minister, I don't have the most recent numbers at the moment and I won't try to guess, but we can send the most recent information.

Public Accounts committee  We have, inside the department, groups of visible minorities represented. We integrate GBA+ systematically into all of our policy analysis, policy development and policy implementation. As you know, we do have recruitment. We look at our numbers and how we perform on EE numbers, making sure that we actually meet or exceed the standards.

Public Accounts committee  We will provide disaggregated aggregate information.

Public Accounts committee  Please go ahead, Mary.

Public Accounts committee  I can turn this over to Brian, but before I do, I have a few points that would help, I think. First of all, we do that through education. All of the sessions we have with employers are good examples of how we make sure that people understand the rights those workers have when they come to Canada.

Public Accounts committee  I would turn to Mary, because it would not be the inspections for quarantine, but more the usual ones.

Public Accounts committee  There is systemic racism in the public service at different levels. I think I would never deny that. I've been working on indigenous issues for years, as you probably know. It is a preoccupation for the senior management table. It is something that we are seeing also on diversity and inclusion as a very avant-garde department, and we will continue to work on this.

Public Accounts committee  As I said earlier, it isn't that we wanted to take our time to conduct the inspections. It's that the workload doubled during that period. Even though we tried to hire more inspectors and train them as quickly as possible, 30% of our employees were leaving each year. As a result, we weren't able to keep up with the demand in a reasonable time frame.

Public Accounts committee  I can ask Ms. Crescenzi to provide more details. I believe that over 3,000 inspection cases were active before the pandemic. We reduced the backlog of inspection cases that were active before the pandemic by 92%. During the pandemic, I believe that the reduction was about 50%.

Public Accounts committee  Where are we with the backlog, Mary?

Public Accounts committee  They were effective after June. The year 2021 is actually 12 months long. If you look at the results we had with our internal audit, after June you see there is progress. If you look at the results today, for the month of February we were at 95%.

Public Accounts committee  It's done. They all received the training.

Public Accounts committee  It's done. That's what Mary mentioned. We now have a system that allows for actions to be taken when we know there is a risk or potential risk.

Public Accounts committee  It's done.

Public Accounts committee  We are above 80%. As I mentioned, in February we were at potentially 95%. We hope that it's going to continue, and we are on track for sure to get to 90% by September.