—and the issues we are still burdened with in terms of that. But I'm not going to do that this morning. I want to point out, though, that from an overall perspective, we have given clear direction throughout the report with respect to a vision on foreign credentials, permanent residents for new Canadians, and also temporary workers and the program itself.
While there are specifics that need to be worked on—and I'm certainly not here to say that there aren't always improvements that can be made, there certainly are...but I see comments, such as on page 41, for example, that in terms of its processing of applications in missions overseas, the ministry has successfully introduced a number of initiatives and tools to address some of the inefficiencies that you noted in your 2000 report; and on page 38, where we talk about the whole issue around foreign credentials and that the government is in fact contributing to the recognition of foreign credentials.
I have two overall questions before I ask a couple of specific ones. Obviously you've had a chance to put the report together, and you've also had a chance to review the recommendations the ministry has made within the context of the review. I'm wondering if you could comment with respect to whether they are specific enough. Are the recommendations such that when you do a further review you would point to them to see if successes have been made?