I acknowledge that they're not mentioned specifically in the bill. Let me just make a brief comment.
In practical terms, the way we manage emergencies in Canada is bottom-up. There's a very clear understanding that you can't manage any emergency, including something like a public health SARS thing, anywhere but right at the ground level, so the municipality is absolutely key. Everyone understands that, and there is, I think, total agreement on that principle.
The municipalities, as you are more than aware, are created by the province, so generally the discussions take place and the municipalities are brought into discussions. But it's certainly a provincial role to deal with the municipalities one on one, on an ongoing and everyday basis, and there's a certain sensitivity around that. I sat in the provincial chair for a while, and there was really always sensitivity in the Ontario government about Ottawa jumping over the province and dealing directly with municipalities.
I see the municipalities being covered in the bill under the entities. I know they're not specifically mentioned. The practice is that they are included. Can there be improvements in terms of how they're brought in and work with SOREM and be at the table more often? Undoubtedly there can be, Mr. Comartin, and probably should be, but I'm not sure it's a legislative problem. Again, I think it's a matter of our evolving our thinking and our practices more than legislating them.