On the first part of your question, the initial target that B.C. had set—and we can confirm this—was 30%, not 50%. Certainly, in moving forward with the federal initiative, we very much looked to other jurisdictions and best practices. Certainly, through the joint committee between the industry and Industry Canada, we had on this committee representation from a number of jurisdictions who assisted in developing the way forward.
Yes, we've reached the 20%. A couple of things came out of that. In addition to very concrete measures that reduced the burden on small business, one of the things we witnessed as part of that exercise is a real understanding on the part of federal departments and agencies that were part of that—there were 13 altogether—about the need to not have this be simply one time, but instill a culture of understanding of what it means to place a burden on business. So as new regulatory initiatives were being introduced, we needed to ask the question, as they were being developed, what will be the impact on small business? So we certainly have seen that.
The minister has certainly been a champion of that initiative and continues to have ongoing discussions with her colleagues in the different departments about what more can be done. So certainly there is an interdepartmental community that continues to look at this.
At Industry Canada, we also have the responsibility of working with Statistics Canada on studies to monitor the cost burden on small business, and we propose to continue to do so.