The standards are published. The people who work on the technical content of those documents are members of the standardization committees, with all the other members. So you must have a committee with some balance.
However, we must not forget a really important aspect. The standards development organizations, such as the BNQ, the CGSB, the ULC or the CSA, manage a process that copies what the ISO does internationally, as do organizations in other countries.
That idea really has to be understood. Here is the difference. Yesterday, for example, the BNQ published a standard on explosives and safe distances for explosives. The BNQ does not provide the technical content of that standard, because the criteria are established by the experts in the area, the various parties involved, doing a lot of work at meetings of the standardization committees. That is all done under the supervision of the organization, such as the BNQ, that manages the standard development process: the committee work, all the public consultation, reviewing the comments, the official publication of the standards and the follow-up when changes are needed. It is about reviewing the standards in question with the methodology and the frequency required.
That is the information I wanted to add.