Mr. Chairman, thank you for that question.
As my colleagues have already indicated, we respect the provinces' jurisdiction with respect to consumer protection and the role they play in it in regulating professions.
What we feel is that the establishment of this body complements that role by establishing this body under regulation. In our consultations with provinces and territories as we were preparing the bill, and in the first part of this, there were no objections raised to this approach. They were comfortable with it and felt that it complemented well what they've done.
As other members of the committee have commented, Mr. Chairman, provinces play an important role in the regulation of provincial law societies and of notaries in the province of Quebec. That too is complementary to this legislation and the approach the federal government has taken on it.
Concerning the second part of your question, I wonder if I could ask Ms. Harder and Ms. MacNeil to provide some additional details as well.