Yes, two things. With respect to the deficit reduction action plan, once the government has made announcements about the changes or reductions that will be made to the public service, we'll have a better sense of the magnitude of those impacts. There will be a time where employees can make a certain number of decisions. Some affected employees will be deployed to vacant positions. Some will take retirement. There is some capacity for voluntary departure. This will likely happen within the first four months that someone is declared to have been affected, then in the fall, we will know the numbers of people who might go into the priority administration system. I'd be happy to come back to the committee at that time to share this information.
In respect of administrative measures, we're currently consulting with our partners. I will talk about case management as part of our evaluation. What we learned through that was that it's important to work closely with the veterans to ensure that we share information. We do this now, but I think we can do it better. Now that the program's been in place for four or five years, we can inform our people, on a more timely basis, about what jobs are available and what the impact will be on different occupations in different parts of the country. This way people will be able to make informed decisions.
Veterans have a five-year period in which to start their entitlement, so the more information they have about what's happening in the public service in general, the better we can equip them to make those decisions.