Public Accounts committee  Throughout the past few years, many steps have been taken. Our colleagues at the public services department who handle the compensation have obviously worked diligently. They've hired more staff and more compensation advisers with better training. They've looked at redefining som

Public Accounts committee  Shared Services Canada is the department that leads these efforts right now. Without knowing all of the details, I can assure you that a very large consultation process has been ongoing and will continue. I would step out and say that absolutely, every key stakeholder will be con

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the Public Accounts of Canada 2022. Before I begin, I'd like to point out that I am speaking today from the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As your com

Public Accounts committee  We obviously have to produce the e-document that is e-tabled. We have to produce what we call an html. Really, that is the five weeks it takes right now to make every table, and we have close to 2,000 tables that are fully accessible. We've already started to work with some key

Public Accounts committee  I don't have an exact date for that, to be honest with you. That's not part of my office. What I can tell you is that they're being worked on right now.

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry?

Public Accounts committee  I think there are multiple aspects to that. Obviously, they need to be ready, quality reviewed, etc., and gathered and produced. As I said, there is no legislative requirement as to a date of release, compared to the public accounts, which have a specific date.

Public Accounts committee  Madam Hogan is actually in charge of that audit, which will be tabled shortly. What I can tell you is that if you take a look in the public accounts right now, at the registered receivables for overpayments as they relate to the support measures, you would see there is $5.1 bill

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I would say that it will be higher than $5.1 billion, to be honest with you.

Public Accounts committee  The CRA and ESDC are doing that work. As I said, our job at the OCG is to prepare the books. This year, based on the information that was out there, what needed to be recognized—and what was identified by these two organizations—was $5.1 billion at the moment.

Public Accounts committee  I'd like to start by saying I have extreme empathy for people who have to deal with pay issues, to be honest with you. Again, not having the right pay is something major, and obviously we need to take the necessary steps to deal with it. Obviously, the Auditor General noted ther

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely. Over the last few years, there have obviously been system modifications and adjustments to deal with the types of issues that were coming up. There has been analysis done on how to use our resources. There has been an increase in resources. As an example, many of th

Public Accounts committee  Sadly, I don't have information for you on how much longer. What I can tell you is that PSPC, which is the department responsible for dealing with the cases, is trying to improve the time frames. They obviously have timelines by which they try to resolve a case when someone dec

Public Accounts committee  I could definitely start, and we'd be happy to share with the committee an exact list of the previous years and exact tabling dates. I would say that outside of an election year, obviously, you're looking at usually mid-October to the end of October. Sometimes it will go to the

Public Accounts committee  I can honestly tell you—and I've been in this job for five years—that there's never been any holding back of the tabling of public accounts. It's simply a matter of going through the steps: the quality assurance process. As I said earlier, we take extremely seriously the discussi