Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
It's a big question the honourable member has asked around the structure of the secretariat. I just wish that we could give you some broad strokes really of the secretariat. It is very early days.
The issues that you've outlined are important. These are issues such as making sure that a secretariat is created that is able to engage with stakeholders, to hear from parents, to hear from the provinces and territories and to work directly with them to make sure that we are taking on board all of the views that there are. However, it is very early days so I am sorry that I wouldn't be able to provide you with an organizational structure in terms of size, scope, who is leading, how it's led, what the level would be. Quite frankly, I am looking forward to being able to work with people to have that opportunity, but unfortunately at this stage it is still too early.
Your point about listening to voices and engaging is an important one. It was what was done in the development of the multilateral framework in 2017. We continue to do this and engage regularly with provinces and territories. There's an expert panel that advises us and the minister in particular on data reporting. This would be the work that we would want to continue to do.