Well, you just said, by articulating the Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council, that they must be consulted. So, further, by articulating COSEWIC in there, they also must be consulted. It's not a suggestion, Mr. Hutchings; it's a compulsion.
I'm taking issue with your testimony here that you're simply suggesting you be consulted. I would suggest that the existing writing is a suggestion to consult with COSEWIC, because you would then fall under the experts and expert bodies the minister considers to have relevant expertise. So what you're asking us to do is create a compulsion to consult with COSEWIC.