I have to ask before this amendment goes forward whether it is even possible. This is a new program, and therefore I don't know if it can be delivered riding by riding. I think it's probably not really possible.
As our deputy minister said, they're very busy trying to get this program rolled out. They have a lot of negotiating yet that is in process, plus this fall it's going under review. I think it's pretty unfair to ask them to stop the clock and review an old program that perhaps, as Mr. Manning might have been suggesting in that interview, was unfortunately set up to have so much political influence riding by riding.
I don't think he's complaining about the new program. I think he's complaining about the way it had been set up, which caused all members of Parliament to have these kinds of issues coming back to them. I just wanted to say, though, that I don't think it's possible. I think first of all that's a question we'd have to ask the deputy minister--whether they could even deliver on a riding-by-riding basis. June 7 isn't very far away.