The Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight recommends that a working group consisting of Members appointed from the Executive Council and Members appointed from the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight be established to set a framework and oversee the implementation of a human resources policy and program.

Given committee support for an independent body to oversee the appeals process, whether that is through a body called a Public Service Commission or something else, and with a similar recommendation found in the Grant Thornton report, we think the government should commit to some more detailed work examining how such a body might fit into our human resources plan. At the same time, since Members have not agreed that overseeing the appeals process should be the commission's only role, the work should look at other areas that might fit within the role of the body.