Thank you, Madam Chair, for the member's question.
Before responding directly to that question, I'd like to add to comments you made about consultation. While I acknowledged that there were some differences, I had also intended to indicate that we did reach out to industry and we did hold a number of conference calls and other things to make sure that we were able to explain the intent of the bill and hold consultative processes.
So while it might have somewhat deviated in a minor way from our normal processes, we were reaching out to industry to engage them in this process. We acknowledge the difference, but it was different, as we move forward.
With respect to trade in the bill, we're aware of some of the posturing that is occurring as this moves forward. I'll turn to my colleague, Diane Labelle from Justice, to explain how that process works as we move forward.
Before she does that, I would also like to add that our objective in answering this question would be to not hypothesize about potential trade disputes that have not yet arisen, nor what would potentially be federal responses to such a trade dispute, as that would be strategy at that particular point.