Government Operations committee  As your question concerns the management of the property portfolio of the Government of Canada, you can put it to our colleagues at Public Services and Procurement Canada when they appear before your committee.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. We've made sure to take care of our employees since the start of the pandemic. Code 699 is an exceptional leave code that we used at the start of the pandemic, when we sent everyone home to comply with public health directives and to ensure the safet

Government Operations committee  With the Pay Equity Act, the way the policy has been developed is that we will be looking at the groups and determining whether the group are female or male predominant or—

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  That is not in the legislative framework we have for the purposes of pay equity. The data you are looking for is certainly available. As I indicated, I do not have it with me.

Government Operations committee  We can look at the data that is available. When employees join the public service or throughout the years are invited to fill out the disclosure in regard to employment equity, that data can be very helpful in determining the representation in the various groups and levels.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I was putting my microphone on “unmute” and on the English channel. In the work that's being done by OCHRO at Treasury Board, the definition of diversity is quite broad. There are, of course, the four employment groups. You mentioned one, which is women, but we also have vi

Government Operations committee  You're absolutely right, Mr. Green. What you call “white women” is not the only group the federal government is looking at—

Government Operations committee  I don't have that data with me, but I'm one of those women. I am a woman, and I do come from a visible minority, so I'm part of those groups. It's not only white women.

Government Operations committee  The work is ongoing at the Treasury Board Secretariat on data collection, as you mentioned. We are very, very sensitive to the issues that were put to the forefront in regard to the Black Lives Matter movement. We've also seen in Canada unfortunate events happening with aborigina

Government Operations committee  I think my colleague Ms. Cahill could answer it.

Government Operations committee  You're right in saying that statistic was provided to you in the context of remote work. Today we're in the midst of the second wave. Employees who are working from home have been going onto the network since the start of the pandemic, since March, April and May. However, some e

Government Operations committee  I don't have exact figures for every department, but I can give you the most up-to-date numbers I have. Earlier you said that 200,000 public servants were able to work at home or remotely. As of September 6, 8,483 employees had used leave 699 code. Many other employees, such as

Government Operations committee  I'm not in a position to answer that question because that's not my responsibility. I'll let my colleagues tell you whether they have that information.

Government Operations committee  Yes, the Treasury Board has been very focused on the health of its employees. In addition to what the minister indicated, we have, of course, extended some temporary measures to allow an expanded list of mental health service providers and have removed some requirements that used