Unless I'm mistaken, about 10% of our public servants will retire at a rate of 3.5% or 3.7% per year. Out of necessity, it seems that these people are going to leave us.
Among the people who work for the Canadian public service, will we find the expertise we need to replace all this knowledge that is going to leave or will we need to recruit outside the public service to compensate for the lack of expertise in certain areas? Regardless, do we have programs within the public service to round out employee skills so that employees might need only training or an additional six months of experience to take on these positions? Or will we have to recruit outside the public service?
I'm concerned about what you just said.