employee attrition rate

But from the concerns we've raised about the attrition rates and the cutbacks in Transport Canada, and the intent of the government to take that significant step back, can you say with 100% assurance that you think this is the way to go, given that you've raised a number of very real caveats?

Getting back to that, that's really the context in which we're discussing it, with attrition rates among inspectors and essentially cutbacks within Transport Canada's capacity to oversee that system.

This will be induced by birth rates below the natural replacement rate and a higher life expectancy, which leads to a reversion of the age pyramid due to a shrinking number of younger people and a growing share of people above the age 65.

3. Notes the Court of Auditors’ findings in relation to the carry-over of EUR 3 400 000 and hence the artificial decrease in budget outturn, resulting in a reduction in the level of repayments to the Community budget; calls, therefore, in the interests of sound financial management, for the budget forecasts to be adjusted to reflect actual needs; welcomes the further efforts to ensure compliance with the principles of annuality and sound financial management in the future, particularly the undertaking no longer to commit significant funds at the year-end;