Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have the impression today that our witnesses have confronted us with two distinct visions and approaches.
First of all, Mr. Soule, in your document, regarding the assessment program flowing from the categorization process, you say, and I quote:
If a deadline is felt to be needed, nothing earlier than 2020 should be considered, and this should be a goal, not a requirement.
I can certainly say that you are not being particular about details. I do not know if this is what you are saying this morning, but it seems to me that the categorization experience, where timelines and deadlines were set at seven years, has enabled us to ensure that we meet our goals and get results. And if we had met our goals, it is precisely because there was a condition, a seven-year deadline.
So, don't you think that the categorization process should guide us in the important task of setting very strict deadlines, all, of course, in the name of the precautionary principle? It seems to me that the one thing people in industry hate, and one to avoid, is uncertainty.
Does the absence of a deadline and the fact that a goal is not being set — and I am choosing to use the world goal, not condition — before 2020 not create uncertainty for your industry? That is undoubtedly not good for the people of Quebec and Canada, or for industries.