For us the problem is chronic. We started looking at this a long time ago. I appreciate your data and I think it's absolutely correct. There are other examples we could point to. The question is, why are departments afraid to make the commitment to hire somebody long-term? It has to do with the amount of stability they believe the system has in it for them. There have been cutbacks since program review, and even last year they brought up expenditure review. Departments are not willing to commit to pay long-term for a person because they want the flexibility so they can meet the budgetary requirements demanded of them by the system.
That's really what's going on. So they hire term and casual workers. They bring in post-docs around the system who are there for seven, eight, and nine years and are not classed as public servants. They bring in guest workers. These are chronic problems. It's because of a lack of commitment on the government's part to R and D, for example, or S and T in that particular example. That's our view of it.