I suggest we ask our analysts if they could come up with a draft report as quickly as possible--within a week, even--that is short on background but focused on the recommendations.
It seems to me that four or five key points have already been brought to our attention. One is not to delay in this federal strategy, but to get it kick-started immediately, as opposed to waiting for October. Other recommendations would be that there be national standards developed, with a built-in accountability and assessment process; that the Auditor General be called in to look at the books; that there be an emergency federal-provincial-territorial meeting on this issue; and that there be an emergency strategy to immediately send in teams to the hot spots for assessment, so that at least we begin to deal with the problem.