Yes, it is. Since arriving at the department I have tried to do something I did in Agriculture, which is to have a weekly review of ATIP requests at the senior management level, and we're getting there. The issue in my department is that the ATIP requests are vastly larger in number than they were at Agriculture, so the management of that process is very much more difficult. But what I want to do is remind, on a weekly basis, my senior managers at the assistant deputy minister level what our record is, where we stand in terms of our percentage of late shows, and so on, so that we can do better and better. I think that sort of exposure to the realities of where we are in terms of meeting these requests is an important management tool.
On June 19th, 2007. See this statement in context.