There are several things from the last Parliament that should at least be reviewed at this point. The issue of procurement was one of them. I think we will want to take a look at that.
We were also doing a review of the demographic challenges within the federal public service. It was related to the renewal process of the public service. Our committee identified that in many areas of the federal government, there was a 75% turnover rate within a single year within certain departments. If that is not an issue of efficiency, and if that is not an issue that should be looked at by somebody--especially during these times when we are going to see massive amounts of procurement and massive amounts of spending, and when only 25% of the people have a corporate memory that spans back even a year--we're going to run ourselves into some situations. Maybe it is time--and I recognize with the growing civil service that people are moving on and different things--that we want to get a handle on this. It might be an opportunity for us to have Ms. Barrados before our committee and get an update as to what has happened since the last time we spoke with her on this issue and what mechanisms they have put into place to resolve some of this.
Some of the greatest weaknesses for us as a government are these issues we have identified. We have the demographic challenges, but we also have this challenge of people who are leaving and vacating their spots. There is a lot of movement, which means there are a lot of challenges presented as a result of this movement and different things. I think we have a responsibility, in this committee, to get a handle on this.