Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Madam Barrados, for being here this morning. I appreciate your testimony this morning.
I'm one of the few committee members who has returned from the last Parliament and who has had the opportunity to hear previous reports. So I appreciate that you've come with the same candour you had in your previous testimony. We appreciate that, as a committee.
In terms of your report, there are a number of different things that jumped out at me. As a matter of fact, my pages are covered in ink now as I make a note every time I hear something that is of concern. As you know, I've been quite concerned about the turnover rate, specifically, which I believe undermines the ability of the public service to do their job effectively.
As you stated in your report this morning, you indicated that the total number of the employees you oversee has increased 4.1% over the previous year. Of course, that is a concern to many of us, especially as we're not seeing the population of our country increasing at that rate, and we're certainly not seeing the ability of government to sustain that type of increase over the long term.
I'm wondering if you might be able to tell us specifically, or generally, what departments saw the largest increases in terms of total numbers, or maybe if it was an increase of 4.1% across the board, or if there were specific departments that saw other increases, or increases that maybe would come with an explanation.