Mr. Speaker, our government has indeed made a lot of appointments with credibility, with experience and with integrity, to the point where the press secretary to the leader of the Reform Party was quoted as saying in The Toronto Star earlier this year: ``A lot of Canadians will be pleased to see this point on appointments is a promise from the election that has been kept, to make appointments on merit rather than on political connections''.
The system however is far from perfect. We have suggested a number of reforms that are currently before the agency and program review process headed by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. If the Leader of the Opposition has further recommendations we would be pleased to hear them.