Our minister has announced that he has asked the CFIA to launch the regulatory process to work toward implementing the recommendations of the moderator of the dairy industry working group into our regulatory framework. We have begun that process already, and we have begun our internal processes toward the regulatory process, which includes the writing of the regulations themselves and also the writing of a regulatory impact analysis statement.
We have been in contact with key stakeholders to seek information that will be included in that regulatory impact analysis statement. Although the regulatory process can take 12 to 18 months, we are doing what we can to accelerate that process. It will follow Government of Canada regulatory policies, so it will be transparent and there will be the opportunity to comment when the regulations are pre-published in the Canada Gazette, part I.
Also, in keeping with our international obligations, there will be a comment period of 75 days and a notification to the WTO that these regulations are available for comment. Any comments that we do receive will be considered before we go to Canada Gazette, part II, so we are looking at trying to have a regulatory process that is approximately a year.