We identified that the Privy Council Office was offering one-on-one sessions to newly appointed chairs and there were a number of different types. In paragraph 3.71 we also talked about the work of the Canada School of Public Service and identified that a lot of what they offer is non-mandatory. It was a bit concerning that only 13 of the 37 chairs...although seven of them may not have had the opportunity, if we assume they did, it still would have been only 20 out of 37 chairs, so 17 didn't participate in some of that.
It's very important to understand where some of these people are coming from. If they are people who have never had any contact with government in the past and they're now coming to work in a government environment, things are different in government. There are different things that you can and can't do when you work in a government environment, different things that you need to pay attention to, so it would be cause for concern to think that only about half the chairs coming into roles would be taking advantage of those types of training sessions.
It is just an indicator that a little more work still needs to be done on this front to make sure that people are well oriented to what they are coming into.