The kinds of debates we're going to have in this country are often going to be between the federal government and provinces. If one of those governments has control over this data agency, it will always be suspect by the other.
When we talk about our proposal for an independent agency, it's where both the federal government and the provincial governments are involved in the governance and no one has complete control. Trust is a very important part of the organization. If there's no trust, don't even start. What will happen is that you'll put resources into something, and other people will say they're not going to use your information because they don't trust you. Therefore, they'll set up their own and you've lost right from the beginning.
Where you have the partners in this confederation involved in a lot of resource and environmental issues, they also have to be involved in the data organization. I don't think it should be part of NRCan. I don't think it should be part of an internal federal government department. I think it should be separate, and in a way that's transparent and has the provinces involved.