National Defence committee  On a concurrence motion? I have no idea what that means.

National Defence committee  No, no.

National Defence committee  We'll give it a better shot next time and see where we go.

National Defence committee  I was going to say that the times when committee reports have worked, there's been a commonality of interest, to a certain degree, between the departments and the committee; they weren't working at cross purposes. Too many committee reports are done just for the sake of doing committee reports, I think, quite frankly.

National Defence committee  Well, there what to do, along with the recommendations, I think, is to say to the government that we want a response in such and such a time to see what the progress is--if it's the kind of recommendation where you're expecting certain progress. Shipbuilding is a classic example: where are you at now, and what's happening?

National Defence committee  I would say that generally very little has been done over the years, as we all know. The one time we did have an effective response was back on the big study we did on quality of life. We asked that the government come back once a year and give us an update on what they had been doing, and they did that consistently, quite honestly, for about five years.

National Defence committee  That's assuming they are going to be available. You're going to give us a little wiggle room to move them around if they're not?