That was a few years ago, but each province had a different starting point, and we needed common indicators and common areas that all provinces reported on. For some jurisdictions, it was a much easier goal for them to achieve. They had more robust, mature systems in terms of the kind of data they already collected. In other provinces and territories, it was a bit more nascent. Being able to negotiate while recognizing where each individual jurisdiction was from in order to get to a common set of indicators that we could have a province report on took time, and it also necessitated some degree of flexibility about when and how data could come to us.
Overall, though, all 13 jurisdictions have agreed on the importance of quality data. They committed to that within their agreements. We have a federal-provincial-territorial data working group that has just recently been convened and is beginning to really dig in to make sure there's a common understanding and that help is being shared across the country for jurisdictions to meet reporting needs on data. It's a strong system.
