Government Operations committee  The public service could contribute to it as the system manager, but it would not be the sole person nor necessarily the lead. It would probably be within the Treasury Board Secretariat, or what we would call the chief human resources office to conduct these types of studies. We

Government Operations committee  We provide a lot of data. Now, to what effect? I am not aware that the Treasury Board Secretariat is conducting such research. Any data that we may have provided could have been used, but I have no evidence to that effect and there is no indication that we have been asked specifi

Government Operations committee  As I indicated earlier, we are but one component of the HR system in government. So we are pretty much the program area or the systems area per se. The human resources as a whole is definitely within Treasury Board Secretariat, with the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  The standards would actually be set by Treasury Board and not by the commission. The commission would only have access to information on the employability of an individual, when it comes to essential qualifications, or if a person is part of the priority system that we administer

Government Operations committee  I can't tell you at this point that I have that evidence in hand, but when we talk across the system, there is definitely a sense that we may have had an impact on that latter statement. A lot of it has been because of program reviews, and the fact that the public service wasn't

Government Operations committee  Actually, at this point in time, the evidence, if there were such evidence, would be lying within the Treasury Board Secretariat. It would not be within the compounds of the commission. There are a lot of anecdotes to that effect. Whether or not that has been proven or demonstra

Government Operations committee  When we investigate, we include the parties the investigation concerns. For instance, if the union has not been called upon, it will generally not be included in the investigation process. It is a different matter when the employee concerned gets their union involved.

Government Operations committee  I'm not sure I understand.

Government Operations committee  One of the improvements that we made very recently, as of April 1, was to create a single window for all applicants, which is the PSRS. There used to be dual systems. That is one of the improvements that we've put forward very recently so that you have a single window and can fol

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. One of the office's fundamental principles is to ensure the non-partisanship of public servants. We use our oversight systems to ensure the absence of political influence. All departments have a representative within their organization who has the informatio

Government Operations committee  It includes the departments covered by the Public Service Employment Act.

Government Operations committee  However, we work with other organizations that need guidance and advice. Their regimes are still relatively similar to what we apply in the departments covered by the legislation. As I was saying, we provide a lot of information on employees' rights and obligations. When concern

Government Operations committee  First of all, on the reasons that we've seen a decrease in the hiring of youth or the entrance of youth, recruiting youth is not actually difficult. They are applying for the jobs or to the processes that we have for student hires. Attracting youth is not what is difficult. What

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. I want to point out that, so far, the commission has not spent all the money from its budget because it is evaluating new work methods to help it achieve economies of scale. The commission can become more efficient by using new technologies