At the rate minority governments are going in Canada, in three years, you’re likely to change ministers three times. I think it was working fine. I don’t see why it wouldn’t be possible to produce an annual report like you’re doing now. I have trouble accepting that. If the minister doesn’t work as hard as the former minister, he’ll get a hard-working parliamentary secretary who’ll do the work for him.
On November 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.