Mr. Chair, thanks to the Minister for the explanation. I do have to say that I know that committee recommended that the program review office stay within the Executive. We didn’t feel that it should be transferred to the Department of Finance. I think there is a risk that it will lose its function of properly evaluating programs and services and that it will be used more as a tool from simply a financial standpoint. I think that’s a fairly large risk.
My second question has to do with the output, I guess, of this office. Certainly in the 16th Assembly,
there were a number of programs that were reviewed and a number of reports that came from this particular office. We, as Members, were able to see them and read them and make some comment on them. Since I have been here in the 17th Assembly, I don’t believe we have had any reports for the program review office. We certainly heard that they’ve been working on this, that and the other thing. I don’t get a sense that there’s been any report or any review that has ever been finished.
I would like to know from the Minister if he can give us a bit of an idea as to what work the program review office has finished and what reports are available for us, as Members, to have a look at. Thank you.