Thank you.
Mr. Chair, it is true that accessibility is not defined in the bill. As I mentioned earlier, it would be very challenging to try to come up with a definition. Given that there are so many different incorporated documents, different regulatory fields, what's accessible in one case might not be accessible in another case.
In some cases “accessible” will mean that it's available online free of charge. In other cases it can mean it's accessible at a reasonable price. So it really depends on the situation and on the regulators and on the people who are affected by the regulation. It would be very challenging to try to find a one-size-fits-all in terms of accessibility.
The regulators have a high incentive to have the documents accessible, because if they are not they won't be able to prosecute successfully, and we have a provision about that in proposed subsection 18.6 of the bill.
It's also important to realize that regulators want compliance with their regulations, and accessibility is something that would be considered at the time of the decision to use the technique or not. If the document is not accessible, that would be a reason to not use incorporation by reference. If it is accessible, then it's a factor that plays in favour of using the technique. There are really vast areas and vast types of incorporation by reference documents, so it basically means having access to a copy of the document with a minimum of effort.