Mr. Speaker, the rules of the House adopted by all members provide that after a committee makes a report the government is given an opportunity, 150 days, to consider and respond. We are going to take advantage of that opportunity to look carefully at a report that the committee worked very hard on and which contains wide ranging recommendations. These are important matters. It is an excellent report. We will look at it very carefully. We will come back with a reasoned response as soon as we practically can.
In the House of Commons on April 30th, 2003. See this statement in context.