We're actually not here to talk about obligatory helmet use. What we're talking about are standards and how they apply to this new proposed bill and the Hazardous Products Act. We've developed what are the world's best standards for ski and snowboard helmets. It was quite an extensive consensus process. It's gone on for years. This new best standard is actually just sitting on a shelf waiting to have the Hazardous Products Act applied to it.
So for us, it's actually about timing. When you participate in a standard, have stakeholders across the country and some of the best scientists participating, and develop a new standard that's sitting there because this act hasn't been applied, it becomes quite frustrating. That was a reason for our involvement and our interest in not only the Hazardous Products Act but in any amendments coming up to this new bill: how you apply it and when it gets applied.
We've developed the standard. The standard has nothing to do with obligatory helmet use. It has to do with parents purchasing the best helmet they can possibly get when they choose to purchase helmets for their children. In Canada, we have no standards for most helmets, other than hockey helmets, which are classified right now under the Hazardous Products Act. That's what is of real concern to us: when the act gets applied and when we actually get a chance to use a new standard and introduce it to the Canadian market. The old standards are very, very old.