Public Accounts committee  Yes. You would find part of that information, obviously, in this year's under “Losses of...property”. A very substantial portion of these losses—and it was quite an increase from last year—is due to Hurricane Fiona, as an example. Yes, the destruction of government property as it

Public Accounts committee  That's outside my pay grade, honestly.

Public Accounts committee  What we do know is that climate change is a real issue and that we are seeing more and more of these types of storms affecting Canada, as an example. But I wouldn't rely on me to tell you exactly how much we are going to [Inaudible—Editor].

Public Accounts committee  I have no clue. It depends on [Inaudible—Editor].

Public Accounts committee  Okay. Very high level, it has some complexities to it, but in a writeoff, you have the intention to collect. You had someone—your supplier—there's been an overpayment and you're looking for your money. For different reasons—the person is deceased, there's bankruptcy or you cannot

Public Accounts committee  The answer is no. The reopening was actually two years ago, in 2021, but there were none this year.

Public Accounts committee  That's actually an increase from the previous year.

Public Accounts committee  First of all, let me acknowledge that it is terrible that some of the employees are not getting paid accurately and on time. What I can tell you is that a lot of efforts are being devoted to making things better. There are a lot more pay transactions. The number of pay transacti

Public Accounts committee  When will this end? Well, there is going to be a decision in the upcoming spring. There's a report that's being looked at. There's been a series of testing done on a new system, but what I can tell you is that—

Public Accounts committee  Was it last year or the year before?

Public Accounts committee  It was 2021, which was two years ago. Absolutely. No. The reason we had to reopen the books was that because the books were not tabled yet, and some—I would say—material kind of happened through that court decision. After discussion, obviously with the Auditor General, we felt i

Public Accounts committee  The backlog, as of March, was about—I have the number somewhere here—410,000. The Auditor General is saying 405,000.

Public Accounts committee  There would be. If you're talking about an employee who is defrauding the employer, yes, obviously in the cases that I've seen in my career there are disciplinary measures that are taken against the employee.

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry, we're going to have to follow-up with respect to the departments and get you that information.

Public Accounts committee  I'll gladly come back, to be fair. TBS did have some contracts with GC Strategies; that I could confirm to you. Whether it is in this particular fiscal year and is part of the $33 million spend, I would have to confirm how much of that would be with them, if any. I will gladly