Thank you very much for the question.
We have two key roles to play during the transition the government will face during the deficit reduction action plan. The first one is that the commission is responsible for a policy called selection for retention. In cases where departments have to downsize their workforce, that is the policy, which is a merit-based policy that departments will use to determine who will be retained. It is a merit-based process. We must ensure that it's applied in a fair and transparent way. That's a very key role that the commission must play. Since I arrived in my job, I very much focused on supporting departments and human resource specialists, so that we can send lots of information out about this policy and apply it appropriately.
The second thing that's really important is that the commission is responsible for the priority administration system. That's the system that employees who are declared surplus use, for the period of time that they are on the priority system, to find jobs for which they are qualified.
If I could also add, looking to the future and notwithstanding that we are going through this period of adjustment, I think it's really critical that we have an eye to the future and that we continue to do some targeted recruitment in areas where we, over the short term, have shortages. We need to think about ensuring that we sustain our capacity as a public service over the long term.