The biggest exception is that the new recordkeeping directive applies to the 112 departments that are covered in sections 1 and 2 of the Financial Administration Act. So while the directive is a mandatory instrument for those institutions, it is more of a voluntary compliance instrument for other organizations.
We anticipate that they will find this leads to best practices, and that what has been developed here through a broad consultative process, consistent with the Library and Archives Canada legislation and the expectations in the Financial Administration Act, will be adopted. But that's a significant exception.