I think the problem with the B.C. legislation--and I'm only going by memory on this file for this particular part--was that it applied to government contracts, not for private sector contracts. That's the hole that I think British Columbia still has to fill. That would require a response from the national government, to enforce that type of a model on the private sector.
When you're doing some of your work in the United States, can you describe a little bit more about what kinds of roadblocks you run into? It's a very difficult path to try to uncover in terms of data management over there.
Did you contact any agencies, or did you contact departments? Have you had the opportunity to do that yet? And what was the response?