Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses from the Public Service Commission and the Privy Council.
My first question is addressed to Ms. Donoghue, who is the Acting President of the Public Service Commission.
In your report, we see the impact of our budget plan between 2011 and 2015 on the total number of public servants. It went from 216,000 to 195,000.
I note that the highest number of people hired last year were in the national capital region. Have you established a mechanism to ensure that there is a balance between the number of public servants in the national capital region and in the other regions? Is there a mechanism to ensure that there is a balance in the number of public servants in the regions, so as to avoid having a large concentration in the national capital region? Could you give us your comments in this regard?