Mr. Speaker, I would have thought, based on the speeches and comments made by the chief commissioner, that his primary concern about the lack of tolerance in Canada has not had so much to do with the number of regional offices the commission has, but rather the attitudes in some quarters about human rights themselves.
The commission, which does its work so ably in serving the Canadian public, has had to decide, as we all must, how to meet its needs with diminished resources. It is apparently confident that it can meet those needs with centralized services from Ottawa.