I'll switch gears now to recruitment. It's obviously top of mind for everyone around the table. Normally, some initiatives don't go forward because of a lack of funds, but this isn't one of those instances.
I had the opportunity in June to tour the recruitment centre right here in Ottawa. I spent a couple of hours with staff walking me through how someone makes an application and then gets the offer. Perhaps it is different across the country, but, there was that whole internal....a number of issues then prevented the information and the applications from moving forward in a timely way. It's just so disheartening to see that for so many people, by the time they receive an offer, they've already made another life decision. They have to pay the bills, and they have to find other employment. They thought this process might be four to six weeks, and it ends up being 10 to 12 months. Something internally is broken.
You've received a lot of questions today, and we've talked about this at the committee in the past. We need to do a study on it. Can you give us some details in terms of how we fix that? The dominoes fall in a way that works against us. Knowing that we're turning so many people away is worse than disheartening. We've heard some generalities today, but can you provide specifics to the committee?