Here's the problem. It was identified in 2005. Municipalities that were going to purchase equipment may have seen hundreds of millions of dollars spent on equipment across Canada that may or may not be compatible with what may ultimately be determined.
I understand you can't force a standard down, but I've been to provincial, federal, and territorial ministers' conferences at which there would be an understanding in the room that we needed a common standard and that the lead would be the feds. If the feds don't do it, then the locals... Again, it's all the municipalities, all the provinces; I don't understand why it's not a bigger priority. Why hasn't it already been done?