Yes, I would agree.
The agreement between the federal government and other jurisdictions that was announced in December talks about a phase two where they will discuss the possibility of setting up registries or requiring corporate registries to collect an official ownership. It is not clear when they're going to get to really seriously talking about that.
This initial step that they've agreed to, which would be implemented by mid-2019, is really, in my opinion, not very much of a step forward at all. They really need to get right to what they call “phase 2” to talk seriously about collecting beneficial ownership information at the registry level across the country.