I'm going to respond to it and pose the question again.
One of the reasons we got into this problem, Minister, was that previous ministers, just like you, unfortunately listened to the bureaucracy of what I would say is a pretty dysfunctional ministry.
The previous minister was committed to doing it, and we were expecting something to come forward on that. The fact of the matter is your officials will have had reports on that, and if I were you I would try to get my hands on some of those.
On the United States being concerned, let me remind you, Minister, George Bush is trying to regularize millions of workers in the United States.
As far as the Liberal Party not being concerned about it, we were very concerned about it. I dare say if there hadn't been an election we would have had legislation to fix this.
I've been on this committee long enough to figure this story out. But the problems you really have--and previous ministers had them as well--come from the department. They're the ones who recommended changing the point system. I was on this committee, and if you look back at the reports and the discussions in this committee, we were very much opposed to it. The problem is that this department is driven too much by the bureaucracy and not enough by the committee or the ministers.