Ecojustice was consulted by Natural Resources Canada, and was invited, along with the Canadian Environmental Law Association, to a closed-door session, in October 2012, if I recall, along with representatives of the regulators and the offshore industry, including contractors, not just the operators. I think there is significant credit to be given particularly to the officials of Natural Resources Canada, who worked hard on this. I feel as though this is a good example of where the department actually recognized that there were serious issues with the Canadian regime.
That said, at the end of the day, there are political decisions that are being made around the core issues. I think those are key to focus on.
I have one final comment on the consultation issue. I'm not aware, and I would be pleased to hear from the government, what level and nature of consultation occurred with first nations on these issues, particularly in the north, where the Inuvialuit, for example, pursuant to the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, have very specific liability provisions built into their claims agreement. It is not clear to me what the nature of consultation was there. Obviously, these are integrated regimes. Their liability regime intersects with the one that's being proposed here.