We on the committee heard from Mr. Richard Shillington, a statistician and mathematician by training. I don't know whether that name rings a bell for you. He came to make a presentation and painted a somewhat more sombre picture of the system in its present form. He emphasized some things and I entirely agree with him because I'm seeing them in my region. I'm experiencing them back home. You're presenting a framework that follows from a national plan, with figures relating to the number of applications. That's different, and I don't recognize my region. I'm not the only person in this case. You're presenting us with an overall picture, but it's somewhat more the picture of the major centres. I don't sense that the problems the regions are currently experiencing are clearly defined.
On March 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.