Government Operations committee  I do not have the breakdown with me on the number of officials and managers. I could forward the information to the committee. This number includes both. To answer your question about the 50 people affected, I can tell you that 27 people were connected with jobs for which they a

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. We reduced across most of the program areas. I'll go to the RPP itself, because I have it by branch, and I'll do it by program activity architecture. On staffing integrity and political impartiality, we reduced the management structure of

Government Operations committee  That's correct. We amalgamated two surveys rather than outsource. I should also add, if I have a minute, that we also did a corresponding decrease in our internal services functions, because we have a smaller organization to support.

Government Operations committee  Sure. The reduction of $9 million, or $8.99 million, results in a decrease of 88 full-time positions. Thirty-eight of those were achieved through attrition. That left 50 persons who were affected. Twenty-seven of those were placed within the public service. The rest either left v

Government Operations committee  Yes, that's correct. Those would be executive positions: EX-1, EX-2, and above.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for your questions. First, as we decided to change the way we implement our deficit reduction plans, right at the outset, we decided to continue to inform Parliament as we have always done and to support the department in implementing the delegated staffing s

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'm accompanied today by Hélène Laurendeau, senior vice-president of policy; Gerry Thom, vice-president of staffing and assessment services; and Gisèle Côté, director general, finance and administration. I would like to thank you for this opportu

Government Operations committee  Yes, certainly resources are tighter now, so we're watching the situation very closely. The one area that we're really watching closely is the priority administration system. It will take some time. I think members are aware that when persons are declared surplus or affected, the

Government Operations committee  I'm not sure. At the time, I think it was partly the restructuring of the commission's mandate overall. We put in place a delegated model of staffing in the commission's role. We put more emphasis on broader oversight of the system and on setting policy for the system. We do inve

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. I'm not aware of that decision, but I can communicate that the PSC will continue to report to Parliament annually and will continue to publish all the information under our jurisdiction, which represents around 220,000 public servants.

Government Operations committee  It's hard for me to comment on that. Given that I haven't seen that provision, I'm not sure which data you're referring to specifically.

Government Operations committee  Again, it's hard for me to comment because I don't have any specifics. I'm not aware of that type of decision nor do I have any specifics around it. But I would say it's important to have a good planning process in place so that the school can work with departments and understand

Government Operations committee  I think Mr. Giguère has said it correctly. We used to have what we called an appeals function. Individuals could bring forward complaints related to staffing transactions. That role was transferred to the new tribunal.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and honourable members. I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to meet with you this afternoon to discuss our main estimates and our report on plans and priorities for this fiscal year. The Public Service Commission is accountable to Parliament

Veterans Affairs committee  I can give you again the results from that three-cohort study. Between 2007 and the cohort that ended in 2010, 64% of people were appointed to administration and clerical positions; 18% were in such fields as mechanics, chauffeurs, and manual labour; 13% were in technical areas,