Thank you, Chair.
Our concern, for example, as we note in paragraph 3.58, was that of the 900 Canada-based staff in rotational positions abroad, more than a third were at a level that didn't match the employee's classification level and 100 were actually two levels different. Some were in acting positions for up to four years.
Obviously there will always be a certain number of acting positions in any organization, but this is truly excessive. We think it can be quite detrimental to the success of programs. It raises a lot of questions about a number of processes such as promotion processes. Are the promotion processes adequate? Maybe these people are actually competent and can't get through a promotion process; or if the promotion processes are good, then you have to question why they aren't being conducted. To have that many people acting is not good for any organization.