Thank you.
Further to that, then, we have a situation right now in the absence of a national act. I won't get into it here—we all know the provinces that have their own disabilities act—but we don't have a national framework right now. That being said, these are great and admirable tenets for us to have, but what's glaring in this is that it's not required. It's great that we're doing this and that the minister's going to lead by example and that this new office will be trail-blazing, but these things are not mandatory for federal jurisdictions. What can we do to make the timelines more succinct, to bring some requirements in?
I want to say as well that the feedback I get from people living with disabilities is that they're used to having to work with whoever's in government. This is a vulnerable population that can't afford to make enemies, and they don't, but they're tired of waiting. We need some real teeth in this act, and we can't wait for them to get vocal about it. People are worn out from having to advocate for themselves and their family members already. It's up to us to beef this up and actually put some timelines in, to actually put some requirements in.
Right now, all of the wording is that you're “allowed” to do something. Nobody's required to do anything by a certain date. I feel as though we need to get our heads around that. Where does the minister see some opportunities for us to maybe articulate to these federal jurisdictions to get ready and that, more succinctly, this is going to be coming?