Madam member, I said that we belonged to a network of mostly small agencies. This is perhaps not exactly the same group to which you were referring. We feel that this group is the most useful forum in which to share problems experienced by small specialized organizations within a government whose principles of staff management, classifications, budgetary and other standards are designed for large departments. This is a problem faced by all small organizations.
Let's take the example of reports. All small organizations have to produce the same 35 reports as the large departments. This is a burden on them.
We all want the same people, particularly for investigations. One of these groups decided to put ads in newspapers throughout Canada to recruit such individuals. This kind of thing costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. The goal is to try to attract a new pool of individuals to work in various departments and agencies of Canada's public service.