When talking about a 95% retention rate, it might be easier for me to tell you about our loss rate. What we include in our loss rate are people who retire, who have become eligible for retirement and have chosen to retire. We also include in the 5% the employees who have chosen to leave the agency for whatever reason. They could have opted to go back to school, they could have opted to go to work for an organization in the private sector or another other government departments, or they could have decided to stay at home.
On May 6th, 2008. See this statement in context.