Thank you for the question.
The way our system is set up, the Public Service Commission is the organization that has the appointment authorities. We are set up to be independent of ministerial directions, which means I am not closely involved with the work of the departments and agencies when it comes to those things that are directed from ministers, as how they might do things.
In the case of the work that is being done now, we have a division whereby the Public Service Commission does the staffing and the appointments, and the government—PCO—does the planning. The plans are set in terms of what the needs are. The Public Service Commission is responsible for making sure the frameworks and the policies and the mechanisms are in place to fill those needs and to do these properly.
To date, I've had only brief conservations with people at PCO about where they're going. Many of the preoccupations they have are the same as mine, in that we need to recruit, and to recruit the right people, for the openings we have coming up.
But I can't really elaborate any more on their plans. I don't know any more than what I've read in the newspaper about their work with the private sector, although I am of the opinion that it is always useful to get as much input from as many people as you can, because they can always inform what you do.