Public Accounts committee  We are actually receiving calls every week, since all departments are in the process of learning the new system. I am sure my colleagues will also point that out. As public servants, we are very aware that we are working for Canadians. So we are evaluating the work that we do to

Public Accounts committee  I have only been there for a few months.

Public Accounts committee  I was not there at that time. If I understand your question correctly, as my colleague mentioned earlier, because of the nature of the work we do within the department and the work of the tribunal, as employees of the department, we must keep some distance between us. As for th

Public Accounts committee  I am sorry, Mr. Chair. I did not understand the question.

Public Accounts committee  Actually, I may have not have expressed myself correctly.

Public Accounts committee  My team works like those in the other departments. We are there to support the minister. We work closely with the Privy Council Office to support the new process. I talked about the team’s work, which is to make sure that there is some monitoring of the positions to be filled, n

Public Accounts committee  Yes, over at INAC we have a small unit whose main purpose is to review all of the appointments for which our minister makes a recommendation to the Governor in Council. Those are the things we look out for, to see what's coming down. We're speaking with the different sectors, as

Public Accounts committee  The department as such plays no part in the appointment of judges to the tribunal. All we do is look at the Privy Council Office’s website and see whether appointments have been made. For example, in May of this year, we saw that three appointments had been announced.