Absolutely. In fact, when Bill C-54 was introduced, one of the first things we did—as a research community—was to start a letter-writing and e-mail campaign. Representatives of the agency were very proactive. They came to see us and explained the bill. We presented our concerns about the bill and then it died on the Order Paper. The present bill C-11 is a reincarnation of Bill C-54. In broad terms, I feel it is the same, except with regard to a pathogen that was Level 3 and is now Level 2. We lobbied hard on that because it was plainly a mistake. Yes, we let our concerns be known.
We all arrived here today at the same time and we talked for almost half an hour. Everything they said made a lot of sense.