Does the Treasury Board have the power to approve your budget? Based on what I'm told, your decisions are final. I won't make any comments, but I am somewhat surprised nonetheless. With regard to management of staff, I understand that my colleagues have asked questions about this. In fact the Office of the Ethics Commissioner had the same problems as you previously. There was significant staff turnover. From the outside this doesn't seem to be related to promotion but rather a problem with the working conditions or the nature of the job itself. Have you asked yourself that question? Have you assessed the situation? From having worked in labour relations, I believe—and perhaps this is a bias due to my former occupation—that generally people don't stay for two specific reasons: working conditions or the nature of a job. Did you look at these two factors and, if so, what conclusions did you draw?
On April 20th, 2009. See this statement in context.