There were two types of consultation for the development of these standards. The first was the consultative process that was undertaken by the CSA That consultation process included publication on websites. There was identification of over 1,000 programs and establishments and patient advocacy groups, which received the standards by e-mail or Canada Post, etc.
As the CSA pointed out, over 1,000 comments came back. The CSA addressed all 1,000 comments, and they had to review them as part of the process for developing the regulations.
On the regulations, as we pointed out at the beginning, these regulations were called upon by the community itself. The actual draft of the standards existed as far back as 1995. There have been consultations on both a formal and informal basis, because many of the people involved in donation and transplantation participated on these committees.
The consultation on the regulations has been unprecedented. Because the community is not accustomed to regulations, we did face-to-face meetings, and we sent out copies of the regulations. We did information kits explaining the regulations and the incorporation of standards. There was an awful lot done. We did cross-country tours, the website, and we did the whole issue around gazetting in the Canada Gazette and the 75-day comment period and responding to--