I know a number of my colleagues on the committee will probably have further questions on this. I'd like to look to another matter for a second.
We're going through quite an analysis on accrual accounting and the demand that's going to place on the public service. We recognize that you could potentially be running into a shortfall of people in the auditing section if we were to adapt to that, which makes me think a bit more of a broader public concern.
Does your department have any data available on comparisons with other jurisdictions, on a per capita basis, of public servants employed, be it federal-provincial, be it other jurisdictions? As an example, when we were comparing the auditing capacities, we compared with other countries. We compared with England, New Zealand, Australia. Per capita, what do they do staff-wise?
As an example, Switzerland has a flat tax regime, so obviously their revenue people would probably be in the hundreds, where ours might be in the tens of thousands in staffing requirements. Could you give us a bit of an overview on any comparisons that your department has done with other jurisdictions?