As I understand the constitutional arrangements in India, the central government can take binding obligations for their states.
As for the exact mechanism, I guess we would have to invite somebody from our treaty law division or something. Perhaps Luc has some advice he can give.
But we have inquired directly with the central government about their ability to impose obligations on their states and have been given those assurances.
With regard to how parliamentarians will be engaged in the process, I can only respond for the Canadian side, and it's opportunities such as this to engage with parliamentarians on these negotiations. It's also our plan to have a very wide consultation process involving business and civil society stakeholders so that there is a maximum of transparency in the negotiations. But on the Indian side, I'm uncertain about what their processes are for engaging directly with their Parliament and with their state-level governments.