Thank you for making the trip to Ottawa today in some pretty difficult weather conditions. We really appreciate your being here and being able to talk to you as people at the grassroots level of this issue who have spent a lot of time considering different things.
I have a little preamble to full disclosure. I'm the father of a 26-year-old intellectually disabled son. Wearing the parent hat, one of the biggest frustrations that was brought up here today in the testimony of Ms. Krassioukova-Enns was the many different silos that have to be navigated by families in order to access programs, and how those silos tend to evolve into, I will say, institutionalized bureaucracies that protect their turf as one of their top priorities. I don't know how I can say it any more diplomatically than that.
The things I want to drive at and ask you about and get your thoughts on are how the federal government can hold to account the people who get the money to provide efficient, measurable, accountable outcomes at the highest possible levels. Because it is true, we send the money to the provinces, and they deliver most of it into existing programs. The expert panel's report entitled, “Rethinking disAbility in the Private Sector” inspired my motion—you're aware of the motion I'm bringing to Parliament—and I think that rethinking has to extend through many channels. So much has been done, 35 years of research, as mentioned by Mr. Sullivan. This is not complicated from my point of view and should not be.
As government we should work together with employers to create opportunities in that environment. I don't want to say dismantle, because that's the wrong word, but how do we improve things to be less of a silo culture? I throw that out to you to respond, Ms. Krassioukova-Enns.