I worked at the Auditor General's for 18 years, and I'm quite familiar with some of the challenges the Auditor General has.
We at the Public Service Commission are not responsible for setting salaries. The salaries are set by the Treasury Board. They do have processes in place where they benchmark against the private sector. In general, the salaries are pretty competitive, particularly for the more junior salaries. The more senior salaries are not, but you're not seeing that mobility between senior people in the public sector and the private sector.
The government does make adjustments when they feel there is an issue. I remember the high-tech flurry when there was a shortage of computer specialists. There were extra incentives put into salaries to get people. We in government do not have the flexibility that the private sector has to boost up some of the salaries. That's just not there.
I know the Auditor General is having trouble staffing the accountants because there's a shortage now, but I remember not that long ago when we didn't have that kind of problem.