I'll just explain the structure of the act, and I'm sure some of the experts here can do it as well or better. Once a risk assessment is complete, and one of the two ministers or both ministers make a recommendation to list, it starts a clock in the act that says you have two years to develop a risk management instrument, which might be voluntary, it might be regulatory, and then you have an additional three years to implement that.
You don't even have to be on the list before it triggers the development of a risk management instrument, so to some extent that is certainly the situation we are in with road salts. I agree with lots of people in saying it was helpful to some extent in triggering a process, but I'll also say this: as an assessment is being done, usually among the people involved, whether it's Environment Canada, industry, environmental groups, there's a consensus on what the risk management instruments should be, believe it or not--not always, but frequently there is. To some extent what we're saying is that the sooner we can get to what we agree on, the better. The sooner we can actually deal with risk management, which is about setting up plans and programs and procedures to more effectively manage substances, that should be our objective--always. Take action. Don't argue; take action.
So this is where our recommendations are coming from.