The contractor must attract and retain Canada's best. That is the future, and for the contractor to succeed, that's what must be accomplished. The contractor, I expect, will approach this through three lenses collectively. The first is to make sure that there is attractive and interesting work to be done. The three missions, given the labs, secure that. The second is that we have modern facilities. The government has started to recapitalize labs, and with the GOCO model, it intends to accelerate that process. Finally, the compensation package as a whole—salaries, benefits, and pensions—needs to be competitive.
On November 18th, 2014. See this statement in context.