Indeed, that would be a nice scenario if boards were to come forward with cost saving initiatives before the operational review were complete, but what about the flip of that scenario, boards that have not submitted plans or do not come forward at all with plans. What are we prepared to do in that case?
I guess my concern is the same concern that I expressed earlier with Municipal and Community Affairs. Those that seem to be managing efficiently and effectively, in effect, can look at themselves as being punished for having done so, because they cannot get additional monies, so a similar concern here.
If boards do not come forward with the deficit recovery plans that we have insisted that they are to come forward with, how many months go by before we step in and say that this is not acceptable and force them to deal with the problem?