We are planning for spring 2011. The code and policies have not yet been presented to Treasury Board ministers. As I said earlier, there are still some legal issues that require some validation.
A couple of things have delayed some of the discussions. One is the restructuring of the organization called the Canada Public Service Agency and its reintegration into the Treasury Board Secretariat. This resulted in machinery issues. It took us a year or two to integrate the organizations. Ms. Meredith described the time that it took for us to talk to academics, have discussions, and engage public servants. More than 5,000 public servants have been engaged in the discussions to date. We are broadening the scope of these discussions to encompass more than 400,000 public employees.
A number of elements have changed since 2005 and even since 2007, and one of those is the pervasive use of social media. How do we handle a conflict of interest in the management of personal affairs in the context of social media, and what does that mean in a conflict of interest case, whether perceived, real, or apparent? This has taken us quite a bit of time to sort out, and it's also an issue that a number of experienced people in other countries are struggling with. So it is not a case of foot-dragging. There are some complex issues that we are still sorting out, and our timeline is spring 2011.