The departments would acknowledge that historically this is a problem we've heard a great deal of comment on. In recent years, they have moved quite extensively in this area, to the point where stakeholder engagements are now coordinated between the two departments and are often run jointly by the two departments. There will be a morning session on the environment and an afternoon session on health, so we're not going to the same people one week after the other. We get them into the same city, the same hotel room, to talk about the issues in an integrated fashion. Cynthia and I toured the country together in trying to prepare for this. I understand that it's not my view that you care about, it's the stakeholders' views. I just want to report that we have heard of those problems and have been acting on them.
On December 11th, 2006. See this statement in context.