Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The government will respond to this report in the usual fashion. I am not proposing to respond to the recommendations here today, although they are thoughtful and helpful to myself as Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board. I look forward to working with the committee to respond to these recommendations and to respond to the other comprehensive recommendations which I know will follow with their next report,
But at the risk of overstating it, I would also like to make the point that Mr. Koe and Mr. Nerysoo have made. I am pleased that the committee has been fair to the hard-working employees in the Workers' Compensation Board in noting that where there are frustrations and pain experienced on the part of workers, the problem is with the insensitive, outdated policy and legislation and not insensitive employees. The problem does not lie with the staff, and that is appreciated. It is
appreciated that the statement has been made so clearly in this report, because I know that some comments made in conjunction with the review and some press reports have caused some of the hard-working employees at the WCB to have a downturn in their morale and their sense of personal worth. I think this report today has clearly addressed that issue up front, and I would like to thank the Member for the fairness that has been shown to workers who are operating in a very difficult environment with outdated legislation and with people whose expectations cannot always be met through no fault of their own. So I want to thank the committee for that, and I will respond to the report as expeditiously as possible. I am confident we will have the co-operation of the Assembly in dealing with recommendations, should the government choose to act quickly. Thank you.