Government Operations committee  Yes, and it's available on our website. I have a copy right here with me.

Government Operations committee  The standards—

Government Operations committee  No, the CGSB standards, the ones that we are responsible for and we update on a cyclical basis. They would deteriorate over time because you're not—

Government Operations committee  No, they are our own standards.

Government Operations committee  They have to be certified and to get their certification they would have to be organized to do that. It's the Standards Council of Canada's role to ensure that the body is actually putting in the discipline in the process to ensure that the process is followed. That's what we do.

Government Operations committee  The cycling that would disappear is the certification side. So we wouldn't be certifying products that met the standard. That's the other piece.

Government Operations committee  I'll use a personal example. My daughter plays ringette. The ringette association, for their insurance purposes, requires that I buy her a CSA-approved helmet. They actually tell you that she's not allowed on the ice without a CSA-approved helmet. It is there to make sure they m

Government Operations committee  Generally, the standards are quite precise, in terms of what it takes to meet the standard. It could be things like chemical composition, or its ability to take on specific loads. They're supposed to be objective, performance-based, so you're able to actually test them independen

Government Operations committee  —would continue on but as time passed those standards would start to deteriorate in the sense that they would not be necessarily monitored—

Government Operations committee  We bring committees together that set the standards for the CGSB, that get the CGSB label.

Government Operations committee  Selling the standards is—

Government Operations committee  The office's total budget last year was, I believe, $3.9 million and then our total net budget was.... Hang on one second. Here we are. Our total cost of operating was just under $4 million; then our net was just over $1 million.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Yes, most of it is salary.

Government Operations committee  Essentially our communications are through the publication of standards, which we do through third-party providers—others ask us to publish the standards—and our website. That's where the promotion is, through web promotion, etc. We do very little in terms of active promotion.