Mr. Chairman, once again, I would say that in the period of a vacancy, if a position was vacant and work was needed, the option exists for the department to procure those services through a position such as a casual hire for a short period of time or, if necessary, a contract resource to bring on to help during that shortfall period. It would really depend on the nature of the position.
For instance, if it was a position at an airport facility for one of the maintenance personnel, the work could be done by a casual backfill for that period of time, or it could be done as well by contract resource that was procured to help provide that service for that short period.
In answering the other part of the question, could a region do this? Yes, those authorities are given to the region in the overall operations and performance of their responsibilities. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.