The process at the IRB is different. They do their own recruitment. It doesn't go through PCO. They have a very high number of GIC appointees. That number is lower than it was in 2009 when we did our audit because they changed some of those positions so they're now public servant positions. They go through a different process and not through the GIC process. As part of that transition, the GIC appointees who had started with a given file were asked to complete those files and not have someone new suddenly take on new files. They made the decision to carry a bigger backlog during that period. We talk about it in the report because it's important and it has very real impacts, as was mentioned. We wanted to bring attention to the impact of not filling all those positions in a timely manner and the impact of carrying that backlog. I think we're getting that message across. We did have a lot of meetings with IRB at which they told us they were cognizant of this, and they were taking action.
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