I just have an observation. They've been crowing about this almost three-and-a-half-year average for deputy ministers, but it came out that one deputy minister over at Statistics Canada has been on the job for about 21 years. That is going to add about one year to this average, just his being there. Apart from him, the average is closer to two and a half years, not three and a half years. But they found it quite convenient not to mention that until it was brought up.
On November 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.