I'm sure that, in the departments in Ottawa, there are a host of studies on issues related to business efficiency and practices. I'm going to talk more particularly about Canadian Heritage. With regard to our programs, we're examining our business practices, and we want to have processes for grant and contribution applications that are efficient and that ensure, once the minister accepts the application, that recipients receive their money in time to achieve their common objectives.
I now know that there are approximately 20 departments involved in the Blue Ribbon Panel's big project, that is most of the departments that give out grants and contributions.
The purpose of the Blue Ribbon Panel's work is to arrive at an efficient business process and to reduce the amount of work by recipients who are applying for grants and contributions, who write the follow-up reports and so on.