Thanks, Mr. Chair. I think it's important to understand that this only came in response to the work of the standing committee, and this was a hard fought battle to try to get a mandatory review period. I guess the other thing I want to mention, I think this is a poor cousin compared to the previous amendment but I cannot speak to that again. There are two areas that concern me greatly with the amendment that is proposed. The first is this idea of consulting with the committee. I think I have been here for almost, getting close to two years, and kind of consultation I have seen from my Cabinet colleagues with standing committees has left a lot to be desired. I am very concerned about what sort of consultation the Minister, it is probably going to be the Minister over there, would undertake with the standing committee. If the Minister wishes to speak to that, I would appreciate hearing from him on what sort of consultation, if he was to continue, you would expect with the standing committee as part of this review. That is one of my major concerns.

The second one is the scope of the review that is proposed in this amendment. The scope of the review is, I must read this out because I am not sure everybody has really read this. "The effectiveness of the administration and implementation of the hours of instruction." What does that got to do with student outcomes or teacher wellness? And then, "the achievement of the objectives behind the hours of instruction," I'm not clear what the objectives are right from the start. There seems to be a shifting target here. If the Minister can convince me that the objectives of this review includes student achievement and teacher wellness, I would much appreciate that. I see the five bullets from his statement introducing the bill today here. We have got teacher satisfaction. Teacher human resource stats such as sick days. Use of professional development time, student attendance and student course completions. I am looking for something a bit more holistic like student outcomes. Are more students passing than before? Are they getting better grades and so on? Those are far more, I think, important indicators of student achievement. I am looking for some reassurance from the Minister that the scope of the review is actually going to deal with student achievement and student wellness, and I don't get that from what I see in the amendment before us. Thanks, Mr. Chair.