I think “roughly annually” is the way it has worked out. As I'm sure you and committee members are aware, we're heavily implicated in the development of the federal budget and all the legislation related to it. For a significant portion of the year, we don't really focus on a lot of other things. So far it has worked out to be roughly annually, but it's really more a question that when packages are ready we will recommend them for release to the minister.
With respect to the first part of your question, I might stand to be corrected by my colleagues, but I think there have been a couple of times in the past when the government has indicated a desire to move toward annual technical bills. But I don't think, if you look at the historical record, that there's been a long period during which annual technical bills have been introduced in Parliament. There was probably a period when we did two or three in a span of four years or something like that, but if you look at the last 20 to 25 years, I don't think there has been a significant period during which they have been introduced annually.