Certainly from my perspective, I'm able to see from my vantage point how that document has changed over the years, because I've seen every version of that document from the very first one produced by Prime Minister Trudeau all the way to the version that exists and that was published in 2011. I can say that the document is remarkably consistent in the fundamental principles that it enunciates. I think those principles resonate not just in Canada, but are the kinds of principles that you would expect to see in most Westminster forms of government. So in that sense the base, the foundation, of that document is almost, in a sense, timeless. It really reflects the hundreds of years of evolution of Westminster government. Those basic principles are all tried and true.
The notions of what it means to have cabinet government, the role of a prime minister in cabinet government, the role of the governor general, the role of the executive, the role of Parliament, the accountability relationship between ministers and Parliament, the role of deputy ministers, the role of exempt staff, those are quintessential principles of our form of government. They tend not to radically change over time. They may be evolving, but I don't think there's anything in the current version of accountable government that would suggest there's any weakness in those core principles.
I think, generally speaking, it's pretty robust. At least when I look internationally at Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, I see very similar types of documents produced by them that enunciate these principles in very similar ways. We're remaining fairly consistent within our Westminster tradition.