Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would have to go back and check the transcripts, but I believe that the Minister and the department did give us an initial breakdown when we talked about this in committee, so I take it that they are backing away from what we were initially told.
What causes me some concern is I have a copy of a letter from the Minister to the chair of the Standing Committee on Social Programs that was sent out just on the 16th of February, in which the Minister has made clear that there is no commitment to any particular community for where these resources will be placed.
It really comes back to, as Ms. Lee has asked earlier today, where is the commitment to follow through on recommendations? There were very clear, precise, specific recommendations in the report It Takes a Community as to where these positions should be allocated. Very clear by number.
In the letter that we most recently received from the Minister, it is indicated that those recommendations will not necessarily be followed and that there is now going to be some consultation to determine where the workers should be. Again, the question is are we really going to follow the recommendations if we have had what the Minister has already herself characterized as good ones, and the initial indication to the committee was that she was in fact going to follow those recommendations and now it sounds like she is backing away. Where is the commitment to follow through when we do get good, specific recommendations?