I would add that I think this is one of the most economical ways for a government to work efficiently. This actually serves a minister well. I don't think there is any minister who wouldn't be well served by having good advice. That good advice is unpaid. It is a meeting once or twice a year of experts. I think getting that kind of expert advice into a ministry, into the Department of Health, into the Public Health Agency of Canada, is a superb and very economical way of doing it, far more so than hiring consultants.
One of the realities is that governments hire consultants all the time. I think this is a much more effective, organic, and community-based way of getting that information into a minister's head and heart.