That is was I was getting at. It received royal assent in 2005, which means that everyone knew what was coming. The act came into force in 2007. We are now in 2010 and are being told, Ms. Meredith, that both tools should be implemented in spring 2011. I regret to have to say this but I wonder whether we will get the same kinds of responses each time we hear from Treasury Board Secretariat officials.
Measures should have been put in place, developed and prepared in such a way as to give all public servants the tools they need to do their work. December 2010 is at our doorstep. At least three years, if not five or six, have gone by since these measures were adopted and officially implemented by Treasury Board. These are serious questions. Is there a lack of rigour or seriousness within the department? When laws are adopted requiring the implementation of certain measures, do people simply say that these things do not need to be taken seriously, that they will get their wrists slapped or that this will eventually be forgotten?