Well, we are talking years for some of us on some of these issues. The pace has been glacial. I've seen successive presidents of the Treasury Board come along and do all of these things that you're recommending we do again--undertake a thorough review of the professional climate of financial officers. Alcock did that. He added on a whole bunch more. We've been standing by watching a lot of these developments take place to no appreciable benefit to anybody. It's just been studies for the sake of studies and round tables for the sake of analyzing the study that we just took. Most Canadians want some concrete evidence at least that there is a commitment to transparency, accountability, and good governance.
We have this window now, and as much as I believe all of these points you raise are valid, I think it would be a mistake to delay and stall this bill to accommodate these ongoing measures that we should embrace just as part of the working culture. We should have a continuous improvement culture--kaizen, as the Japanese call it--in which the financial officers are always looking for ways to do their job in a better way. I would be concerned if the enemies of this bill would use your presentation today as further justification to kill this bill or have it die a natural death prior to the next federal election.