It was undertaken before my watch began in this role, so I can't go into all of the details of the way people and groups were consulted, but I can say that we consulted the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture representing 200,000 Canadian farm families. Other groups provided opinions in writing to the department, to the committee—hunters groups, etc.
A wide variety of people were consulted. A wide variety of experts were consulted. Again I wasn't the one leading those consultations, so I can't give all of the details on that.