When the new legislation came in, as I was appointed the head of the Public Service Commission, I was asked if I had enough money. At that time, I said that I felt the resources were adequate for where we were. We went through a process of reallocation, economizing, and smart-sizing everything we were doing, before we felt we could make a conclusion as to where we were on the financial situation. I have concluded now that we need more money. We are having very productive discussions with the Treasury Board. We are putting forward a cost-recovery option, so we're not asking for an increase in the appropriation, but we're asking to recover our costs from departments for the services that we're providing. These have been very good conversations, but I feel it's an obligation for me, given the status of the Public Service Commission, to put these issues forward to members of Parliament, because if they are not fruitful conversations, I will have to come back.
On November 19th, 2007. See this statement in context.