The work that was done by the Minister responsible at the time for it is excellent work, there's no doubt about it. I think what was done on boards and agencies was a first step, not the conclusion. It's work that is not going to be wasted; it's work that we can pick up and carry on with. Mr. Speaker, given the workload we have, there's only so much we can do. Given the budget we had, there's only so much we can do. However, Mr. Speaker, I'm also not happy that we weren't able to conclude this, but I am pleased that we were able to do some things that have carried this forward. For example, the excellence through partnerships, the third-party accountability framework, does a lot of the work from a different perspective, but does a lot of the work in dealing with the accountability of boards and agencies, so it's not as if this was dropped and nothing was done. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 451-15(5): Review Of Territorial Boards And Agencies
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.
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