Departments have identified positions that will be reduced. In order to reduce them—and it's based on the work they do—the first line of defence is to notify employees, and they can put up their hands and voluntarily depart. This is why those letters are going out. Early retirement incentives, if approved by Parliament, are also coming, and that will be another option for those employees. The goal is to use those two vehicles to maximize voluntary departures.
To the extent that there are still employees left above what is in the budget, we will use selection processes to go down to the right number, but the first wave is voluntary and early retirement incentives.
