I will answer the first part of your question.
Is it better for the board to be private or public? While we do not have a preference, having an organization under the auspices of the Standards Council of Canada — the Canadian General Standards Board, for example — does allow for a certain independence. This makes it easier to maintain a balance within the committees and ensures that the process is somewhat protected. Because it is at arm's length, there is no undue influence on the part of individual members to try to change the process.
We are very confident in the way the CGSB manages the secretariat processes and services. This confidence is also due to the fact that the CGSB's work is based on various processes, such as ISO standards. Its development and administrative standards, for example, are essentially parallel to those established by the International Standards Organization. This ensures that it has a certain degree of independence, which we believe is very valuable.