In the 2000 ECD agreement and the 2003 multilateral agreements, Quebec very clearly stated that while it agreed with the principles of those agreements, they wanted to reserve sole responsibility for this particular area. That was respected by all jurisdictions, so in those agreements there was a footnote that indicated that they agreed. They reported to their own citizens, and they received their own share of funding, so it was a non-issue for the other jurisdictions. That is the arrangement that was in place.
In terms of the 2005 bilateral agreements, this was a similar situation, where we—“we” being the federal government—recognized that their system of child care was highly developed, and so there was an agreement that they would invest their share of funds in areas that would improve families and that they would report to their citizens. So that's basically how Quebec participated.
I would say at the social services table and at the officials level, they do participate with us as observers. They're happy to talk about their child care programs, so they participate in that multilateral environment.