Government Operations committee  Yes, they've been there since 2000.

Government Operations committee  That won't be a problem for our department, but I can't confirm that for Revenue Canada. She wants to know whether Revenue Canada is doing it within five days.

Government Operations committee  That's correct. Not all the departments have the system that was developed. A number have to do the calculation manually before they can issue a record of employment to the employee.

Government Operations committee  At first, it was with our union, of course, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, of which Nicole Turmel was president at the time. That led to nothing. I should give her some merit, however, because, just before she changed unions, she ultimately admitted that these old problem

Government Operations committee  I'm going to let Jill speak.

Government Operations committee  I can tell you that, even if, for example, the government transferred all service buy-backs for pensions to Moncton—that's already been done, a few years ago—if it transferred all those duties to Moncton, that would reduce our workload a little, but it would be a very small reduc

Government Operations committee  These are the departments that were affected the most, and still are today.

Government Operations committee  It is Statistics Canada where we are working overtime. That is just one of the departments that is having these problems.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  It started in 2000.

Government Operations committee  Since February 14, 2000, we've attended committee meetings with the union, and so on. The members of the compensation committee ultimately retained their own lawyer. We've all had to provide money to pay him. The complaint has just been accepted by the Canadian Human Rights Commi

Government Operations committee  They've begun to develop things so that employees in every department have access to their pay stubs, which they can print themselves. They'll be able to get into the system, which is already possible now, and do an estimate of what their pension would be if they retired. Employe

Government Operations committee  There are full-time employees, there are part-time employees; there are all the scenarios. As I said, the full-time employees often have problems because they have worked overtime and have not been compensated. They may have been waiting for a cheque for up to six months. There's

Government Operations committee  It happens fairly often.

Government Operations committee  It goes beyond reality.