Government Operations committee  Yes, we have done a number. We have 82. We're in a cycle. Elizabeth is doing the calculation for me. We are trying to do a seven year cycle—five to seven years—to make sure we visit every organization in that period of time. We're in the third year. Elizabeth?

Government Operations committee  Elizabeth tells me we have done 23.

Government Operations committee  Yes, it is. But I have to say as well that if we think you are an organizations that has some issues and we think there is higher risk, we will put you to the front of the line. So you would expect the earlier ones to actually have had more difficulty.

Government Operations committee  One of the things we tend to forget when we are looking at the public service—and I'm always looking for improvements—is how well regarded we are abroad. We have a very fine public service and can be very proud of it. This is the second year I have seen and remarked on this. We

Government Operations committee  Yes, we are. We run FSWEP, the federal student work experience program. We brought in 8,000 students. We also have a co-op program that we run, through which government brings in people. We have post-secondary recruitment, and even though that number is down—a year before we had

Government Operations committee  I think that the most important thing is that all managers and departments to carefully plan their workforce, regardless of whether the employees are permanent, temporary or contract. All of those types of employment can be justified, but there needs to be planning. I would not l

Government Operations committee  We have noted that, when important legislative changes take place, there is little planning involved. We recently assessed human resource planning and have once again noted an improvement. In that report, I indicated to the departments that, during a period of budgetary cuts, it'

Government Operations committee  It is my experience that an effort is being made to make all services available in both languages. The Public Service Commission of Canada is in charge of language proficiency tests. We are very concerned about the success and pass rate of those tests. In addition, the tests have

Government Operations committee  We actually do have a breakdown in the report. We have a map and the number of applications and the number of positions by province. So we have that information. I must say, though, that Alberta is one of the areas where we've had more challenges with bringing people in, becaus

Government Operations committee  I think we're pretty well aligned, but I'll do the calculations for you and get back to you.

Government Operations committee  Well, you have two things there, right? First, the federal government has allocated the jobs in something that reflects the population. I have a chart that gives me the number of federal public servants in each region and the number of staffing activities. What I don't have is

Government Operations committee  Yes, I'll get that for you.

Government Operations committee  Sure. I will.

Government Operations committee  We have actually tried to do comparisons of the staffing processes and we tend to use, as a proxy, time to staff. So we will do comparisons on time to staff, and that gives an indication of how long it costs. That's not been terribly successful. The reason for that is there are a

Government Operations committee  First, on where we stand on the comparison of cost effectiveness, I think we're pretty close to the experience in the United States. I think the Australians are faster than we are, but they—