Mr. Chairman, the honourable Member is asking me to defend a reading document which is a document that has really no legal status, as I understand. It has not been adopted by cabinet and it has not been adopted here. Some of the ideas in there are good ideas. Probably every one of us will disagree here and there that it is the best approach to take. The only thing that we can agree on is that the general public out there has thrown a great deal of criticism at this government in terms of how we are operating and where we are spending our money, and I believe that once we move in past the process and begin looking at the various areas, then we can identify where those costs and benefits would be.
That work has not been done at this point in time. At this stage this is a document that has good points and bad points, and I do not believe that I want to sit here and defend and come to conclusions on certain matters, because the implementation has not begun yet. There are some ideas on areas where it makes a lot of sense to explore. However, the work has not been done yet, and I feel as though I am defending something that we have not even concluded or begun work on. Thank you.