Dean Allison at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

Thank you very much.

I'm just wondering if there is going to be much debate on this. I know we talked about it at the previous meeting, so I would encourage members to keep the debate short. If they have some points to make, by all means we'd be happy to hear them on the record, but could we keep the responses quick. I know we've discussed this.

I have a few people on my list right now: Mr. Lessard, Mr. Lake, Ms. Chow, Mr. Silva, Ms. Dhalla, Ms. Yelich, and Mr. Chong. So much for having a quick and speedy exit.

All right, we're going to start with Mr. Lessard.