The government has indicated to us that these more detailed operational plans will be completed this month. Should the committee decide to have a hearing, I would expect the department will be able to tell you that plans have now been completed.
There is a question, though. There are a couple of issues. One is the collaboration with others. We note three projects that were very badly managed, and it has created a loss of goodwill with other partners. The department needs to have a specific plan as to how it will re-establish these relationships with other universities and other governments.
There is a question as well about evaluations and feedback to the scientists on what they are actually doing. We were told they are not getting the kinds of performance reviews and information about their research that one would expect.
So over and above the actual detailed planning, there needs to be some specific action taken on those two issues.