Government Operations committee  It does represent a lot of summer employment and part-time employment throughout the year. Under the Public Service Employment Act there is a policy in place, and it's part of Treasury Board policy as well, that allows students under certain circumstances, providing they meet the

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I'm trying to think of the number, but I would say in general we have some 500 investigations. I'll correct that for the record if I'm incorrect about that, but I believe it's in the range of 500 complaints or cases that are brought to our investigati

Government Operations committee  It is not generally a concern. There's nothing that's come to my attention since I've been in this office. We do, for example, have subpoena powers and other powers that we can use. So we have quite a robust set of powers that allow us to interview who we need to interview within

Government Operations committee  According to our act, we investigate appointment processes, and in the context of an appointment process we can, if necessary, for example, interview or ask questions of anyone who is involved in the process, including a minister.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. That's certainly a question I would want to give thought to, but I could say at this moment nothing has come to light vis-à-vis our investigative powers.

Government Operations committee  Based on the Treasury Board data from 2011-12, 68.2% of the core public administration—which is slightly beyond the Public Service Employment Act population—is anglophone and 31.8% is francophone.

Government Operations committee  That's the overall public service.

Government Operations committee  I don't have that breakdown, but, Mr. Chair, I'd be happy to send that information to the committee.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. The overall responsibility of the Public Service Commission is to set appointment policy to ensure that appointments themselves are based on merit and free from political influence. The day-to-day staffing is delegated to deputy ministers and largely

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. In general, the commission's responsibility is to oversee the integrity of the appointments in the public service, and so we have a robust system of oversight, which includes regular reporting. We have a robust audit function and every year

Government Operations committee  Our appointments are based on merit and based on the qualifications for the job, so when it comes to bilingualism, certain jobs are designated bilingual or non-bilingual—and this is done under Treasury Board policy—and so there's a whole policy behind that determination. In term

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. The population declined from around 211,000 to in the range of 200,000. Those are approximate numbers. I can ask one of my colleagues—

Government Operations committee  It was in the range of 10,000. That would be under the Public Service Employment Act.

Government Operations committee  There are departments that are not under our act.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. The commission does not have that information. Temporary help and contracting of agencies are under the responsibility, I believe, of Public Works, shared with Treasury Board policy. The commission does monitor the use of casual workers, but not tempo