Mr. Speaker, I welcome the question from the hon. member for Edmonton Southwest.
It is my understanding that we are discussing a vision of the government's role in the economy. It was for that reason I spent most of my time talking about how we would invest in people so that they would be productive and contribute to our economy and the fabric of life in our country.
The member spoke rather negatively about the success of these programs but let me remind my hon. colleague that the whole idea of the $800 million for this strategic initiative was to try to experiment and be creative in new and innovative ways to train our people for their future roles in the work of the country. That is the essence of my comments.
I might mention another thing that is extremely important. Every program I talked about today will undergo the same program review in the future that all our existing programs today are undergoing. That is what makes us sure we will be able to measure success in terms of whether or not it delivers what we expected it to deliver.
I look forward to working with my hon. colleague on those exact kinds of reviews.