Government Operations committee  That's not really my area of expertise, but you raise an excellent point. If we want a well-trained and reliable workforce, those are options we need to look at.

Government Operations committee  One of the Prime Minister's advisory committee reports mentioned that as a possibility.

Government Operations committee  On classification, the person who can probably delve into that for you is our new chief human resources officer. She has recently been appointed and has a role to unify all the central agency employer functions, because in the past, classification was separated from compensation.

Government Operations committee  It's hard to know. Our projection is that the retirements of the baby boomers will peak in 2012 at about 3.7%, but generally speaking, a person doesn't always retire the day they become eligible for their pension. You do see people staying longer, so it depends a little on the po

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that question. Actually, I think it's an excellent point. As we create new organizations or as we're looking at improving our business processes, one of the things that we do need to look at is whether they would be better placed in a region than in the national he

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the questions. Concerning the first one, about the development of the management skills in the executive cadre, there is now mandatory training on financial, human resource, and access to information authorities before they are delegated to a manager. Eve

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I think there are concerns about the situation you raise, not particularly as a result of the acting appointment, but because of the fact that in some professions and in some departments there is an extraordinary amount of churn. I think the preside

Government Operations committee  That's an interesting question. Actually, we're using existing resources. I have a small team on the appointment side. I now have a consolidated secretariat on renewal, but the resources for that came from the Canada Public Service Agency to the Privy Council Office. We had both

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I think you might be looking at a chart that has a dotted line to her. There's an important distinction there. I actually report directly to the Clerk of the Privy Council. I do report, functionally, through Marie-Lucie Morin on my issues, which are p

Government Operations committee  I may answer that question by providing a little more background on what public service renewal is. I think the question about mobility will be in better context in that circumstance. I think people use the term “public service renewal” without actually knowing how broad it is.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and in particular thank you for that clarification of why I was called before you. I must say, there have been moments when I thought maybe I'd won the lottery.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee, I am very pleased to be here today and to tell you a bit about myself and my appointment as Deputy Secretary, Senior Personnel and Public Service Renewal with the Privy Council Office. Let me begin by briefly introducing myself. I understand