Consultations are held in connection with the research we conduct. We do in fact survey Canadian public opinion on a regular basis. Our surveys reach more than 1,000 Canadians. We do this periodically. They are now done online. It is a way of surveying the population on the relevance of our themes. One of the highest-ranked events in this research was the 2012 commemoration of the War of 1812.
I think we could go even further. You talked about ways of including a larger part of the public in the consultation process. I mentioned two programs wherein we invited young Canadians to submit designs for commemorative coins. That is a good example.
At the Royal Canadian Mint, these are lessons that we have taken to heart and we consider them important in our preliminary discussions. We think more could be done to increase communication with the public. We have yet to determine exactly how to do that, but it is clear to our minds that this is very relevant. We would like to find a way to involve people in the process of theme selection, and in the choice or preparation of designs. We would even consider finding a way of including them in the selection process. We did so in the context of the Olympic program. We invited Canadians to vote for the 10 greatest sports achievements of the Canadian Olympic Games. We chose the top three results, with the intention of making commemorative coins to mark those events.
In our opinion, involving people in a much more proactive way is a key factor in our success.