There are some providers in Canada who have been doing this for a very long time. Earlier, one of the members asked about simply adopting the Assistance Dogs International standards. That was one of the proposals that were discussed with the standards board and met opposition, because the people who are currently supplying dogs in Canada don't all subscribe to those standards. It's not that they can't meet them; it's that some of the providers felt that the Assistance Dogs International standards were not stringent enough and did not require enough hours of training for the dogs. On the other side, some of the schools that did subscribe to that standard didn't agree with the other providers.
I don't want to get into a one-versus-one comparison of the providers, but in general, it's not practical for the department to say “Here is how it has to be” if nobody in the country can provide up to that standard. In the United States, where the larger study was done, the volume of dogs is greater—they have 30 times as many veterans in the U.S. as we do here. The supply needs to be a practical consideration, and the people who are providing those dogs need to be able to meet whatever standards are put in front of them.