First of all, I have a point of clarification, Mr. Chair. One office in Prince George, British Columbia, closed nearly a year ago. The other eight offices will close to the public on January 31, 2014.
There may be a small decrease in the number of case managers. We are looking at each office individually, at the current workload of the office that's closing, and at the existing workload of the offices that are receiving additional work. We will make the necessary staff adjustments. Potentially, some offices may see an increase in their case managers to be able to deal with the coming workload.
I would also point out, Mr. Chair, that in offices we are closing we did give case managers the opportunity to relocate to another VAC office to continue their case management career. That would be with full removal expenses paid by the Government of Canada.