Public Accounts committee  We have agreements, as I mentioned, with a lot of provinces, and we will continue to do that. We also have engaged with people, including provinces, on the issue of accommodations. I think we all share the same objective to make sure it is done appropriately. The issue that we

Public Accounts committee  All those issues were important. I was not in the department at the time, but I looked at the files. You're right. This is a department that has been working on benefits night and day since the pandemic. Temporary foreign workers were an important problem and an important issue

Public Accounts committee  I will ask Lori if she has the number for the full amount of money. Otherwise, as you know, it also includes funding for other departments, so I'm not sure we're going to have all of this. Lori.

Public Accounts committee  I would say the issue that has been faced by the department during that crisis was a systemic one. It was a system that was not working well. It was the fact that we were doubling the number of inspections. We had to double the number of people. We also had to go virtual, and the

Public Accounts committee  I don't have that information here. I was not in the department during that time, so I can tell you that I was not paid a bonus for this work. The work we have done is about addressing the situation and the accountability in the right way. What we have done is redirect the team

Public Accounts committee  With all due respect, as I mentioned before, when the Auditor General advised Parliament of the situation in late 2020, actions were taken in 2021 from the get-go. Actions were taken, but it takes time to build up and to have results with actions. It doesn't happen in a day. The

Public Accounts committee  You're right. It is essential to make sure we have the capacity to deliver the inspections and the results of the inspections on time. What happened at the time was that we doubled the number of inspections at the same time we were changing from real to virtual inspections. Si

Public Accounts committee  The workload management plan was actually issued last summer, and we committed to send it to the committee.

Public Accounts committee  I would ask Mary, because I'm not sure I know the answer to this question. I'm sorry about that. Mary.

Public Accounts committee  First, I want to really thank you for these questions. We share your concerns. There's nothing more important than people's lives. People who come to Canada expect to be treated like other Canadians and other workers, and should be treated that way. The failure that happened with

Public Accounts committee  We have agreements with most provinces, and we try to develop more agreements with local authorities to make sure we have a capacity to share information as it happens—live, basically—because, you're right, that is one of the issues we need to address. We have to make sure there

Public Accounts committee  I can answer.

Public Accounts committee  Mary, you'll be briefer than me. Go ahead.

Public Accounts committee  As I said earlier, a committee and an organization help and support the inspectors. The work done by the inspectors is certainly checked. As I pointed out, in this case, the measures were developed as people were implementing them. After hearing the Auditor General's comments,

Public Accounts committee  As I said earlier, we kept trying to improve things throughout 2020. After that, in 2021, we took many steps. We're starting to see results. Things don't change in a day. We were in a crisis. Granted, things could have gone better. Everyone agrees on that.