I'd like to quickly come back to the 4.5% increase in the public service. In fact, you cannot expect to hire people on a 15-day notice and get them up to full speed right away. So what the public service has been doing in the last few years is hiring more people because guys like me will retire sooner or later--if there is still a pension then--and you need to train new economists, new analysts, new translators, and it takes time. It sometimes takes a few years to get someone up to full speed. You have to take proactive measures.
On April 14th, 2010. See this statement in context.