Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members will know that I am an alternate with regard to the committee. I was involved in working with my colleagues in developing the report. I want to make a couple of observations about the interim report.
One, I want to express my personal appreciation to the standing committee on agencies, boards and commissions and all the Members that went beyond some of the personal criticisms that were, at times, directed toward the staff. I think the thoughtfulness of the interim report and the remarks that have been made about the staff that work at the Workers' Compensation Board are extremely helpful to the morale of those people. I think the noted concerns that you have expressed and the recommendations that you have made will go a long way to address the concerns of those injured workers that have raised concerns. I think that once we get into reviewing the overall legislation, you will find that we will be better able to address many of the concerns that the workers have expressed, I think it is significant, and I thank the Members and the chairperson, Mr. Koe, for being thoughtful and considerate in the remarks that he made in his report.