Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the department being here today. We had a pretty good start to general comments and I appreciated the discussion yesterday and many of the points that I had were ticked off there. That is, addressed one by one.
There was a lot of discussion on vacancy rates and recruitment. One thing I didn’t hear about was turnover rates. We’re winning these awards as the best darn employer around, which I appreciate and I want to reiterate my earlier congratulations to the Minister and his staff, but if it’s just, you know, we pay really well and we help with expenses and people leave soon after it’s a bit hollow, hopefully that’s not the case.
Do we have information on turnover rates, how long people stay in a job, and what the trend is on that over time? Of course, ultimately, that might be instructive – I don’t know – for the Minister if it was available by community and region and so on.
Also, in terms of vacancy rates and turnover rates, do we have numbers for other jurisdictions so that we can sort of see where we fit on the scale? If I could start with that, thank you.