Where would they move ahead to once they reached deputy minister status? It seems that it's almost like saying in the real world that if someone doesn't perform as the vice-president of marketing, we move them to be a vice-president of accounting, and if they don't perform there, we move them to be a vice-president of human resources. We have 29 different departments to move them to. It doesn't seem that there is ever a consequence. No company would ever do that. What is the rationale?
On November 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.