Government Operations committee  I don't have that information on hand today, but I can send it to the committee. I will talk about it with my colleague from the Treasury Board who is responsible for information on employment equity for the general public.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. The ones that would be closed at intake would be cases that our jurisdictions directorate in our investigations function would examine. We would have determined that we either don't have the jurisdictions or we don't have grounds to launch an investig

Government Operations committee  It would depend on the circumstances. Of the 44 cases in fraud, I don't know exactly the number, but as I mentioned earlier that resulted in nine revocations. I'm not sure if those were all related to fraud, but there were nine appointments that were revoked in 2012-13. The othe

Government Operations committee  Our investigation mandate is limited to transactions related to appointments in the public service.

Government Operations committee  There were 228 cases completed in 2012-13.

Government Operations committee  There are 200,000 public servants who are employed under the act. There is in the range of 100,000 staffing transactions each year. That number was included to give you a sense of the scope of the number of transactions, to put the 44 fraud cases in context. It is problematic tha

Government Operations committee  I'm not sure of the origins of that phrase, and I agree that it's sometimes difficult to understand. I think it's in the act, but I couldn't say for sure. It means a permanent hire.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I would agree with that comment. I believe my colleague is telling me that it is in the act, but it does refer to permanent hires.

Government Operations committee  There are four groups under the Employment Equity Act: aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and women. I think those groups have been fairly consistent over the years. We share this area of responsibility with Treasury Board, and Treasury

Government Operations committee  Thank you. I will ask my colleague Ms. Laurendeau to answer your question.

Government Operations committee  In order to meet our obligations under the Employment Equity Act and the Public Service Employment Act, we can apply certain measures to fill positions when there is a discrepancy in a specific category in terms of employment equity. In the case of women, for instance, if we note

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that. I'm not sure I could give you a full account of all of the reasons. As well as the things that you have mentioned, there were different areas of growth and downsizing within the federal public service. That chart covers a very long period of time. There also

Government Operations committee  I'll ask my colleague, Madam Laurendeau, to comment on that.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that question. I would say that one of the most important policies is the national area of selection policy, which has been in place for a number of years. That policy does provide that for external appointments, people from all across the country have a chance to

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chairman. I could send a list to the committee. I'm sure we have a detailed list, which I don't have with me today. But that hiring takes place all across the public service. I can't say off the top of my head in which departments. It's probabl