Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to welcome you to the committee as well. It's always good to get the testimony of individuals from the Privy Council.
My question will focus on the report on plans and priorities.
I note in your report on page 6 that you talk about other risks to PCO operations. You highlight the fact that, as announced in Canada's economic action plan, part of the government's agenda is to refocus government and its programs, and that in order to support this objective you will undertake several deficit reduction measures, including reviewing business processes across the department to achieve administrative efficiencies and redefining internal service levels accordingly. You go on to highlight a number of other things you will do.
In a previous appearance you talked about implementing deficit reduction measures, so could you tell us how that has impacted on PCO employees? Do you have any updates you could give us in that regard?