Madam Speaker, I listened carefully to the speech made by the hon. member who described briefly the management control system the government is trying to set up.
Indeed, this is an issue that concerns all hon. members. As elected representatives, we wonder how to regain control over the bureaucracy, to get more leeway in our dealings with the public servants and, especially, to be advised in a more timely manner of the decisions that need to be made. How are we to explain the difference between the commitments made by the current government when it took office and the very few achievements it has made since then and the results it got, especially in terms of job creation, if not by pointing out the influence of the federal bureaucrats?
I would like to know if the hon. member would, in order to show that the government is acting in good faith, be in favour of implementing the new management system right away in two specific instances, the first being the following. Some decisions found in this year's budget will only come into effect in 1997-1998. For example, the experimental farm in La Pocatière will be closed on or before March 31, 1997. Under these circumstances, could it be possible to review this decision during the new prebudget consultation process, so that if we were to realize that the decision is wrong, we could try to convince the government to reconsider?
To conclude, I would like to give you another example which deals with the reorganization of the employment centres. As a sign of good faith, could the government refer the reform proposal prepared by its bureaucrats to the hon. members, so that they could express their views on it before the decision comes into effect?