Mr. Chairman, that's a very good question.
We debated long and hard on how to craft this recommendation, Mr. Godfrey. We felt very strongly that we needed one recommendation--that it was time to pause and reflect before going forward for a fifth round. This begged the question, to whom should the recommendation be addressed?
When we thought about it--we consulted on this with Privy Council Office, with Environment Canada, and with about eight current deputies and four former ones--at the end of the day we came to the view that the sustainable development strategy process, and sustainable development itself, is a government-wide process. It's an initiative of the government, not of any one particular government department. So we wanted to address the recommendation to the government even though we generally don't like doing that because it's fairly imprecise.
Then we consulted with the Privy Council Office as to who should respond on behalf of the government. Privy Council Office, after consultation with Environment Canada and ourselves, said they thought Environment Canada should be carrying out this review for now on behalf of the government. So obviously we've accepted that from the government of the day.