In 2014 the then Department of Industry Canada, now the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, led public consultations on the bankruptcy and insolvency regime. That public consultation put a number of key questions to folks, both on the general functioning of our statute but also the specific questions that we thought would be of interest. One of those related to deemed trust provisions related to fresh produce.
We received submissions from a whole host of folks on those particular provisions, including the Canadian Bankers Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the insolvency professionals. There has been some consultation with them about this issue.
We have not yet convened a table that brought them and fresh produce together to talk about whether or not they could work out some sort of balance. That's not a traditional policy role for the department. That may be something that the industry association or the respective associations could have a dialogue about, but we have put the question to a broad range of folks in aiming to facilitate broader dialogue on the issue.