Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the witnesses.
First of all, I do want to say that I appreciate the fact that an action plan has been put forward, and it does see concrete movement.
But let me go back to the Auditor General's comments, and I am actually pretty concerned about this point. In number eight, Mr. Maxwell, you said that in 2004, the House of Commons committee on health recommended that the department create a public database to provide...whatever. You went on, but my time is short.
You also said that in the fall 2011 audit, you found that, despite this commitment of Health Canada, actions had not been taken.
First of all, I'll ask Madame Yeates, was there a commitment through the recommendation of the House of Commons committee on health? Was there a commitment by the department to get back to the committee with a timeline of recommendations?
Second, as my colleague has said, we can almost assure you that there will be timelines coming for a request from this committee. When I look at the report here, as of March 23, there are four completed recommendations, and 17 that are on target. Most of those seem to have started recently, not in 2004. Could you help me understand a little bit why it has taken so long?