Hon. Donald Neil Plett (Leader of the Opposition): Senator Gold, in April your government tabled a budget in which it announced that it would establish a permanent council of economic advisers, and promised more details in the coming months.

Eight months later, leader, and there’s still no such a council in place, nor have we received the details we were promised in April. There isn’t even a mention of the council in the Fall Economic Statement tabled this month. Senator Gold, is this council still something your government intends to put in place? If so, what is taking so long? Or will your government be announcing another task force to look into this council as yet another way to pass the buck to someone else?