Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Finance. On June 25 the Standing Committee on Public Accounts reported to the Assembly and recommended that the Minister of Finance should take action to strengthen the roles of the deputy minister and the comptroller general with respect to fiscal management. The standing committee also recommended that these two offices should be made more independent of each other, Mr. Speaker.
When I asked him for a status report on September 16 I was concerned about the lack of progress that had been made in complying with this recommendation, Mr. Speaker. The Minister stated that several restructuring proposals were under consideration but had not been given review by the Government Leader or Cabinet. Can the Minister advise this House today what action he has taken to comply with the standing committee recommendation that was passed in the House?