Just general comments? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to go back to some of the things that Mr. Ootes mentioned earlier. Although it is not a perfect document, I think that you have to look at the recommendations and the work that actually went into the report. I think a goal without a strategy is just a slogan and I think that we put goals and strategic plans within these recommendations to make it work. What we need from this report is the commitment from the government and the
Ministers to make sure that the recommendations are followed through. That is the type of commitment I would be looking forward to hearing from the Premier and his officials.
One of the things that kept coming up during the review of the Affirmative Action Policy was the accountability of middle managers and senior managers in the process, and it seemed that the hammer, as it were, was not being used to make sure that affirmative action candidates were indeed getting proper procedural hiring in different occupations and classifications. I think the report is trying to address that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.