Thank you very much for your question and comments; they really do speak to the complexity of the road salts file. The straight fact is that keeping the roads clear and safe is a provincial jurisdiction, whether it's municipalities that do it or provincial ministries of transport.
I think while everybody characterizes the salt industry as being the evil stopper of this listing process, there really was a very large national debate in which many provincial governments took strong positions, because it was their jurisdiction.
On the issue of the code of practice implemented by Quebec and other provinces, that's exactly what we're saying: the faster the provinces and the municipalities can get in to do a better job of managing road salts, the better; yet we spent years up here arguing over the word “toxic” when we could have been actually out there doing better things for the environment. Hopefully you'll see in the recommendations we're making some very small but practical suggestions to actually get at improving the environment faster.
I thank you for the question. Indeed, the Province of Quebec is doing a wonderful job with its road salt management, as are many other provinces.