As I said this morning, I'm going to check the details of those figures. The PSC's objective is for the public service to reflect the population of the country from the standpoint of the official languages and the representation of the designated employment equity groups. If those figures are representative of the situation, I'm concerned. I want the situation to be representative. I'm committing to provide the committee with more information in the coming weeks to explain to it exactly what those figures mean.
For example, it is possible that those figures include students and casual employees. In my mind, you have to draw a distinction between short-term work and permanent positions in the public service.