Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Recommendation number two, I move that the committee recommends that all departments and government as a whole develop a priorized list of planned initiatives, with descriptions of the type and availability of resources required and realistic time frames required for implementation for the fiscal year 1994-95. The committee recommends that the departmental response be available to the committee prior to departmental budgets being reviewed in committee of the whole. The government-wide response should be provided prior to concluding the review in committee of the whole.

The committee recommends further that in the future main estimates documents, major initiatives should be contained in each department's definitive objectives. The Standing Committee on Finance should receive, one week prior to its review, the main estimates and an analysis of the resources and time required for all major initiatives being proposed for the fiscal year under review. Thank you.