It's worth responding to you, as members of Parliament, that in 1967 it started in the Prime Minister's Office—in Mr. Pearson's office. He had a private secretary named Jack Hodgson. Jack Hodgson was a distinguished naval officer in the war, and he was an executive in the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Mr. Pearson handed Jack Hodgson this responsibility in 1967. It all started with one man. He did some consultation, and I believe somewhere along the line it had to start in the House of Commons, because that's where legislation starts. I remember when the draft bill went to the Department of Justice. I was around the Privy Council Office at the time. I remember the draft bill was all laid out there. Somebody did all the work, and I don't know how involved the members of Parliament really were. Had there been a committee like this, well, they'd have sure had lots of input.
On November 3rd, 2011. See this statement in context.