Thank you, Madam Chair.
Obviously we disagree with the government. If we made a recommendation, it's because we think that the challenge function should be documented. Government does not agree with this. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. All we can do is have a discussion before a parliamentary committee. I mean, if government says, no, they're not going to do it, we can only recommend.
I would say, though, aside from that, on the other recommendations, the agencies--I'd say in particular Status of Women Canada--have certainly agreed with all of the recommendations and have actually laid out in their response some pretty concrete actions that they plan to take. So we are pleased with the responses there. We always ask or encourage that there be more detailed action plans that give clearer indication of who's responsible, and by what timelines things will be done.
Generally, for committees--we would do this with the public accounts committee, but this committee may want to as well--we ask for kind of regular follow-ups to monitor the progress, because many of these initiatives are not going to happen in a question of weeks or even months. Some of these can take quite a long time to do, and we just want to ensure that there is that sustained attention by management to the commitments that have been made.