Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the departmental representatives for being here this afternoon.
I would start with a question or two for the Treasury Board Secretariat with respect to this issue of the payout of the voluntary severance, and kind of phasing that out.
It sounds to me like this is short-term pain for long-term gain, phasing this particular expense out as severance for people who either retire or leave the public service voluntarily. I'm curious to know whether you can provide any information with respect to what the savings of the phase-out of this particular payout will be over a period of time.