Government Operations committee  Having worked in the Far North, I can assure you that print newspapers are still extremely important there. Jobs are still advertised in the newspapers in Nunavut and the other territories.

Government Operations committee  We have put a special emphasis, particularly when it comes to the IT sector, on attracting more women in our post-secondary recruitment campaign. About 25% of our computer science workers right now in government are women, so we know we have a gap. The percentage is very similar in universities and colleges that are producing graduates right now.

Government Operations committee  I'll ask my colleague Madame Poliquin to answer, please.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  That requires a lot more effort. Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  I think the study might be a very good way to get that message across more broadly.

Government Operations committee  Yes. And I think I'm on record as having said that I would favour moving towards a system where we would have—

Government Operations committee  I'm not the one who makes decisions. Decisions on whether positions are going to be open are made by individual managers on a case-by-case basis.

Government Operations committee  I think you're—

Government Operations committee  You do have some hard-to-fill positions.

Government Operations committee  We get hundreds of thousands of applicants every year in our external processes. I'm told we have 72,000 applicants for our student work experience program. We are identified in the recent study by Maclean's as the top choice of employer for graduates.

Government Operations committee  No. There are no internal rules. It's up to the manager to decide whether a position will be filled through an externally advertised process or an internal process. Of course, there are also many other choices. You can hire a student. You can hire a graduate.

Government Operations committee  And that—

Government Operations committee  Yes, and I would say I would be very careful. Internally advertised processes do not mean there is nepotism. They mean that the pool of candidates—