Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can I just say that the Member failed to tell the first part and went on to the last part to sensationalize it.
This particular review, the Child and Family Services Review and the work of the Child Welfare League of Canada was focused primarily on the child protection component of the program. The review began December 6, 1999 and we will have the report by February 28, 2000. The Member is correct in stating that this is a six-week exercise.
Mr. Speaker, I have not been a big proponent of costly reviews and studies, but I think this particular review was extremely necessary to see if the practice of our people who are involved in enforcing the child protection side of our work under the Child Welfare Act were doing so in a standard that was comparable to other jurisdictions in Canada. So I do not know if it would be proper for us to prejudge the outcome of this review.
We will receive it. We will evaluate the results as indicated. In some ways, the Member's question is hypothetical because I do not know what is going to be in the report. I think it was a good undertaking on the part of the department. I think the terms of reference look good, which I will be happy to table later on today, and if the Member, at that time, considers those terms of reference to be somehow lacking, of course we will welcome that input. Thank you.