I'll call the meeting to order.
Colleagues, we have with us today Madam Maria Barrados, the president of the Public Service Commission of Canada. She will be addressing us today on the matter of the commission's 2007-08 annual report.
I know members want to take up the issue of turnover rates within the public service, a matter that has been raised previously, publicly in a report by the Public Service Commission itself, so we can begin now.
Madam Barrados, would you care to make your opening statement?