Public Accounts committee  We consulted the available documents on internal audits. When we consulted former public service employees, we wanted to obtain the historic context for some things, in order to understand why changes were made. The purpose was not at all to challenge the managers' responsibiliti

Public Accounts committee  The motivation for introducing the Public Service Modernization Act, which was the single largest change to HR-related legislation in almost 40 years for the public service, was really to try to deal with the kinds of HR management practices that had built up over time, which had

Public Accounts committee  I don't have that figure with me today, but I'd be very pleased to furnish it to the committee.

Public Accounts committee  We have a piece of legislation, the Employment Equity Act, the sole focus of which is to ensure that the public service is representative of the Canadian population. You'll see reference to the same objective in the preamble to the Public Service Employment Act, which was created

Public Accounts committee  As I said at the beginning, we are very much in the early stages of analyzing the information, and I think it's premature for us to speak to conclusions at this stage. The other thing is, I think it's important to consider how that visible minority population is broken out, beca

Public Accounts committee  I think the review I'm undertaking needs to be seen in a broader context of people management. Our review is restricted to those two pieces of legislation, but there are some major elements of the people management framework that lie outside that, and irrespective of the review w

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The engagement sessions that we conducted were in fact with managers, HR professionals, and employees, including several sessions that we held with new public servants. It was clear from the energy at the engagement sessions that people at the working level

Public Accounts committee  We consulted the documents regarding the audits conducted by the Office of the Auditor General. With regard to the internal audits of the departments, we discussed with the deputy ministers involved the progress that was made in their departments on the issues that need to be res

Public Accounts committee  Let me answer in the following way. Our review has a mandate that is directly linked to both acts, the Staffing Act and the Labour Relations Act. The commitments that Maria Barrados is referring to are in compliance with our contracting policy. Now this falls beyond the scope of

Public Accounts committee  Yes. Our review will be based on both qualitative and quantitative information.

Public Accounts committee  No. This is not the mandate suggested by the legislation, which consists in reviewing the legislation, its administration and its functions. I think that the data that the Auditor General referred to is the data about our implementation of the legislation.

Public Accounts committee  Members of the committee, Mr. Chair, thank you for the invitation to appear before you today. I am pleased to have this opportunity to discuss the Public Service Modernization Act legislative review. What we call the PSMA review is, in fact, examining the administration and opera