Mr. Speaker, I would like to comment on a question earlier by a member opposite about the reason for dividing this very large department of Human Resources Canada.
It is the government's response to members whose constituents told them they could not deal with Human Resources Canada, it was so big. It was a huge department with responsibilities so varied they should not have been in a single department weighing heavily on the shoulders of one person, the minister.
It must be remembered that the Department of Social Development, once it is created, aims to focus solely on the social development of the people of Canada, especially and very specifically the social, emotional and physical development of very young children. That is what I said in my speech a little earlier this afternoon. It is a department with a very specific objective.
This is why it is important to split the department, to give the new department a very specific objective.