The process, part of it, is called for in our legislation, the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, in terms of the consultation reports, for example, that you have before you. That is one element.
Since that time, we've had to complete that. Although we've had a lot of consultation over the last several years, we needed to put it into a readable format, one that could be communicated.
It's the same for all the other parts of this information. It's the same for the interim management plan. After that, in terms of the process, we actually have to go to Treasury Board first, and that generates the order in council that is before you. Then it's brought to the House.
If I can just comment, I want to make it very clear that I am a public servant. The last two years, it has been Parks Canada and the steps in our process that got us to that timeframe. In the future, in terms of bringing issues forward to our minister, to Treasury Board, and to these committees, we will try to avoid that if we can. We understand.