We are now seeing more choice, and stakeholders decide what standards they need to meet their objectives. Our sense is that in Canada there should be only one standard covering a given subject and not two, three, or four competing standards. The way we've oriented the system now, as Rae and Monsieur Rousseau explained earlier, if an SDO believes there is a need for a standard, it will submit its request through a central repository that we have established at SCC, and if other organizations are supportive or not opposed, then that standard will be developed and adopted as a national standard of Canada. So it's based on the expertise of the organizations and their ability to deliver what stakeholders need.
On May 5th, 2015. See this statement in context.