Yes, it was. You have to separate some of the civilian hiring between the public service and the contractors. Our hands were completely tied with the public service, because public service pay schedules are not determined by DND.
You're absolutely right. There are only a handful of doctors in public service within CF or DND, because the public service fees were just not competitive. We'd often have to hire these people through Calian, the private contractor, so we could pay them a more competitive price.