Thank you for coming this morning. I'm thankful that you have come because at the last meeting, I was left with more questions than answers.
We did have the Standards Council of Canada before us. Our discussion forced me to question what the board really does and why it is important in this day and age when we see so many other standards organizations really taking the role that the board once really occupied. The fact that many of the standards within the catalogue of the board are outdated or have become duplicative, I think is a concern to people in industry but also to consumers generally. The thing that was most concerning to me was really the impediment for those people starting out, the entrepreneurs who would require standard testing.
At our last meeting, we talked about glass shower doors and the necessity in Canada for dual stamping, whereas that wouldn't need to be done in the United States. You described the board as really being responsible for maintaining the standards for government. My understanding is that if somebody wants to sell in Canada, they still have to have the board's approval if, in fact, there is a standard that is unique to the board.