Mr. John Sherwin:

The level of awareness in Government of the value of co-creation is very low. A symptom of that, as was just mentioned, is that this committee has already established an agenda for the year and that discussion has not involved disabled people. Disabled people are the ones who can see what the priorities are and who can support the Government to make sure actions are effective. To answer Senator Harmon's question on what we want the committee to do next, we would like to be at the table with the committee while developing the agenda in order that together we can create that agenda of priorities and then talk about how to address them. Disabled people were not around the table when the agenda for the work of this committee, which is focused on disability matters, was being created. That is not so much a criticism as a call for action. This is something that can be addressed and maybe that will be the next item on the agenda for the committee.