So just doing the quick math at, say, a total cost of $100,000 per employee with salary and benefits, etc., that would be $1.1 billion cut from the public payroll. If you take $100,000 times 11,000 people—I think I've counted up the zeros—that would be $1.1 billion in savings, for all this cutting, hacking, and slashing that has gone on.
But on the other side of the coin, one of the recurring themes that you and your predecessor, Madame Barrados, have always brought to our attention is the overwhelming proliferation of contracting out and hiring temporary services because of the problem you identified—that it takes 5.5 months just to hire somebody. It took 4.5 months in 2011, and 5.5 months in 2012.
Government departments that are left short by cutbacks end up going to temporary help services. Can you tell me how much money the government is spending per year then on...? It's $459 million on managerial consulting. How much is being spent on temporary staff? Can you help me with that figure?
