I'll try to answer briefly, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I think the SPP has been a very open process. It's been public from the day it was announced. Governments, as far as I can tell, have welcomed thoughts from all sectors of society. The establishment of the North American Competitiveness Council a year ago was reflective of the fact that leaders felt they would benefit from particular advice from people who had particular expertise on one set of issues within the security and prosperity partnership. We have endeavoured to meet that request.
The other thing I think we have to keep in mind as we talk—this is just discussing how we can help our countries work together on regulatory issues, whether we can agree on common standards, whether we can agree on mutual recognition—is the fact that in any change in regulation there are processes in place within Canada that involve public consultation. The rule-making process itself in Canada necessarily involves consultation at that level as well.