Mr. Speaker, I listened very carefully to the hon. member's remarks and I want to go back to what I said in my own remarks about the June 2000 report of the human resources standing committee. I would like to quote something and ask her opinion. I was not a member of the committee at the time but, apart from one minority report, if I am not mistaken there was agreement in terms of what was said by the committee at that time. The report states:
Given the Committee's conclusion that HRDC's structural makeup has proven unsatisfactory, we believe that the federal government should reposition itself so that it can better address issues that concern Canadians but that cut across existing departmental boundaries.
It goes on to say:
The Committee believes that it is time to rethink the whole concept of a department of human resources development in light of changing conditions and current needs.
We recommend that:
- The government should divide HRDC into several more homogeneous and focused structures.
I admit that I do not know whether the member was a member of that committee but that was the June 2000 report of the standing committee.