You referred to social policy. For some time there has been talk about the social and economic spheres coming together. We don't even have an economic policy today to address workers' issues. Regulations, barriers and duplication between departments are major contributing factors. If we could address this, we'd be able to create an economic environment which would be conducive to doing a lot more than what we are currently doing.
On February 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.