That's a very crucial question around the process, and that's not really my area of competence, but I think it's very clear that if we had national standards in particular areas, that would give us a much better chance of being a global player when it comes to services. How much pressure the federal government wants to put on provinces or whether you want to be a facilitator, pointing to good practice, for example.... I would rather take a positive route and try to find areas in which progress is being made and push those along. But the fundamental point you're making is that having a Canadian standard could potentially allow us to create a Canadian brand that we could then sell to the world.
On December 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.