Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm happy to be here with Raman Srivastava, who is our acting VP of audit and data. Raman has the knowledge to be able to answer a lot of the data questions that the committee may have. Thank you for having us. The commission is really pleased to be here.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. In the context of more specifics, we have been on-boarding veterans in the past, but not with the highest level of priority as we have done with the new legislation. We have had a lot of interest, so the activities are picking up and there is more knowledge that is be

Government Operations committee  No. It is not public information.

Government Operations committee  That is a valid question and I thank you for asking it. That is the legislative framework that was given to us by Parliament when that act was adopted. That was the context for that decision. Allow me to give you some of the rationale behind this. Take the general career path

Government Operations committee  First, I must say that the commission recognizes the right of Canadians, whether they are public servants or not, to participate in political activities. It recognizes that that is a fundamental right. However, we must ensure a balance to preserve another fundamental principle, t

Government Operations committee  Basically, the staffing mechanisms and decisions, as well as where positions will be staffed, are not the commission's responsibility. These decisions are made by the deputy heads of organizations. However, we monitor the situation to see where staffing takes place, which allows

Government Operations committee  We had an external panel who came in and did a review of some of the processes with us to see where we could increase our capacity or better our processes. Right now we are in the process of reviewing those. We are doing a lot of process mapping to see where we could improve our

Government Operations committee  We have some investigations that take a few weeks, as we have investigations that are more complex in nature and require a lot more witnesses to be interviewed or heard, and we also have to respect their availability. We've had cases of investigations that have gone on for over 1

Government Operations committee  I'll ask my colleague, Omer, to respond.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  There is part 7 of the legislation that we administer, which is very clearly dedicated to political activities and candidacy. Over and above all of this, we are doing a lot of work with Treasury Board in the context of values and ethics. There's a very fine line when it comes to

Government Operations committee  The ease of access was facilitated through the fact that we integrated a single window. That basically made it very clear. Having a single window that Canadians can all go through to see what jobs are available in the public service is definitely a benefit. Now, we are actually

Government Operations committee  Our system allows us to do a compilation of a lot of data. It allows us to actually measure through the data. This is data that I could provide to the committee to demonstrate exactly how we can use it and what the data is showing us. Then, we share it with all the deputy heads.

Government Operations committee  Omer, do you have the specific numbers here?