Well, we're not very close to it today, even though departments are supposed to do ongoing evaluations of their programs. At one point in time the Office of the Comptroller General did that. That was changed and that responsibility was transferred back to the departments and agencies to do it. Apart from some lofty words in the RPPs and the departmental performance reports, you don't see a lot of detail on those reviews. Of course, the Office of the Auditor General every once in a while does do in-depth reviews on certain aspects of programs. They, of course, are public and generate a fair bit of controversy, especially if there are some issues associated with it.
I strongly believe, as I said before, that there should be an ongoing review, a cyclical review, of government programs. I think they've made a start with the strategic reviews, although one cannot glean a lot of information out of the documents as to what was actually done in order to achieve those savings, so more information will have to be provided.
I agree with you that certain criteria would have to be established in order to see whether or not they met the objectives.