Public Accounts committee  A certain amount of programming needs to be done for retroactive payments, yes.

Public Accounts committee  Correct.

Public Accounts committee  By the end of the calendar year, I think we'll be very close to completion.

Public Accounts committee  Of the 20.

Public Accounts committee  That depends on the collective bargaining processes, sir.

Public Accounts committee  That would be a decision the ministers would need to take once the system is stable.

Public Accounts committee  Given the scope of the work at the pay centre, we'll dedicate the resources to the most complicated work that we have at the pay centre.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it has.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. All of our efforts are focused on stabilizing the system. The management action plan that we've prepared in response to this first audit of the Auditor General lays out a number of concrete things that we are doing. We are building capacity, as Madam

Public Accounts committee  We have. We have worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers to lay the groundwork for our suite of actions, which we will continue to add to as issues are resolved or arise.

Public Accounts committee  I'll go back to the OAG recommendation that talks about considering all outstanding pay requests, establishing priorities, and meeting service standards. What PSPC has put in the MAP for 1.98 is to address that recommendation of the Auditor General. We do think that, with the red

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. Right now, we are focusing on a number of waves of activities. We just tabled before the public accounts committee our action and management plan, through which we will implement initiatives to reduce the pressure on employees. As you said, Mr. Ayo

Government Operations committee  Yes, the auditor general pointed out that we have been able to process more files than we receive, in a sense. This is what is happening right now, thanks to the resources we have and despite the implementation of the collective agreements.