Thank you for your question.
Over the years, many consultations were held, particularly by your committee. Moreover, we, as public servants for the government, hear much about consistency at the international level when we discuss the issue with businesses. There are national systems, but companies do business around the world. They want an administrative system that is standardized and consistent with what exists internationally. That is one of the things we hear most often from businesses.
The treaties are very technical and businesses are not very familiar with them, but patent agents are. Consultations were launched in 2003 and the positive comments we hear most often are those regarding adhesion to these treaties or their ratification.