Mr. Speaker, the Reform Party may jump to conclusions before a final report comes but we do not.
The department did what it should have done. When the first results showed something to be worried about, it began to prepare for the final report. There is nothing untoward about this.
The exchange of letters she refers to took place in December 1999. They show that the minister was determined to be open, transparent and to have a strong management response to these problems.