Government Operations committee  As I mentioned, the departments were allowed to keep designated savings of about $210 million over three years to help them rebuild their capacity in terms of human resources.

Government Operations committee  We have very stringent training programs. We started hiring people at the entry level into the public service. We give them the opportunity to work and learn on the job, if you will. In addition, we give highly qualified and highly motivated individuals the opportunity to be prom

Government Operations committee  In terms of the TBD, there is a process—which the comptroller general is leading—following the fall report to the Auditor General, to determine with departments and agencies what their individual expenditures have been on Phoenix, above and beyond their normal pay operations. De

Government Operations committee  Sure. What...?

Government Operations committee  It's a $2 million contract that—

Government Operations committee  My understanding is $2 million, but if Treasury Board says $3.9 million, I'll have to go back and verify the figure. Essentially, what we were looking for with Treasury Board's lead was to be able to bring Oracle on board to provide advice as to the degree of customization in Peo

Government Operations committee  It has not been awarded yet.

Government Operations committee  My expectation is that it will happen by the end of April.

Government Operations committee  This is tracked by the Treasury Board Secretariat as the employer. The last statistics I had are dated by a couple of weeks, but we can provide these to the committee.

Government Operations committee  The last statistics I had for completion of one or more modules of training was about 80,000 employees. We can go back and get the updated figures and provide them to the clerk.

Government Operations committee  Certainly, we do work very closely with the CRA and have regular exchanges of information. We are looking at taxes from the employee perspective so that where PSPC is in a position that it needs to issue an amended T4, that T4 is sent automatically either to Revenu Québec or to t

Government Operations committee  No. This is what we are attempting to do with the CRA—with a great deal of success—through a process of processing of transactions at PSPC. If it's determined that we have to issue a revised T4 for the individual, we do that. It's transmitted automatically to the CRA or to Revenu

Government Operations committee  Certainly. With—

Government Operations committee  We are aware that over time, once we get to a point of stability in the system, we will need to offer some sort of file review to employees so that they can understand their pay stubs and see that they're getting what they are entitled to, and so that if there are any anomalies,

Government Operations committee  Certainly. We have been working with the unions very closely on this issue. It is having an impact on employees to their detriment. We are looking at providing maximum flexibility to individuals who may owe the government money, and as I said, we are looking at how we can best ac