Mr. Chair, this is something that…. I

think every department has unfunded

positions, and different departments take different approaches to it. Some departments only cost out positions at 75 per cent or 80 per cent; other departments just rely solely on turnover in staff. As a government, I think, we have 20

per

cent

turnover. Sorry; I stand corrected. It’s 14.2 per cent turnover, so you can generally count on at least that

much. As another rule of thumb, generally some departments sort of go with about 10

per

cent

unfunded positions.

We’ve been trying to stay on top of it, but I don’t think we know exactly how many unfunded, staffed or filled positions we have within the government.