Yes, it is.
As a logistics matter it's important to know who is participating in a timely way, because participants have the opportunity to review the documents that have been produced by DFO and also by other participants. So there's an education process, which--if they're going to participate effectively in the formal evidentiary hearings--they need to start on. The deadline has passed for people to apply for standing and we have a very broad, as you can tell, cross-section of participants as a result.
Something I forgot to mention in my opening is that of the 49 original applicants, some 20 were first nations groups and organizations. So there's a very large interest in that community as well, and I anticipate that there'll be a large number of participants from that community.
But it is open to the commissioner to amend his rules. So if somebody had a compelling case to be added, there's a process whereby they could do that.