Thank you very much.
I agree with you. We've been working at it for a long time, and I agree that it's a very complex issue.
One of the things we have been doing in the committee is trying to get it right. This is going to have to serve to move us forward and to provide a framework to move forward with the international community as we address this problem on a global basis.
In the last year, we have actually made very significant progress both domestically and internationally. Domestically we have engaged with prominent Canadian stakeholders to hear their views, including the Canadian Standards Association and others in industry that have very strong views and a lot of experience in this. We've taken the information to look at what kinds of recommendations we can put forward to the government. Internationally, in addition to taking part in discussions in a number of international fora, we're looking at what other countries are doing. Cal described a couple of the other systems that we're looking at and trying to evaluate to see which parts we can take to incorporate within our own legal and administrative regime.
The work is ongoing. There is consensus around the table with all government departments and agencies on the broad outlines of what needs to be done, and we're working on the details right now. We're going to bring this forward as soon as possible. We do not have a timeline at this point.
You mentioned certain things. We're looking at all of the things you mentioned in terms of the Trade-marks Act, CBSA authorities, copyright, and all of those things. The complexity of it is part of the reason we have to take our time to get this right.
We are working within other fora at the same time. We're working internationally, as our RCMP colleagues have said. We are not standing still on this. We are addressing the issues in Canada and internationally right now to the best of our capacity, and we're trying to provide the best recommendations possible to move forward.
In regard to the watch list, Canada does not recognize the 301 watch list process. It basically lacks reliable and objective analysis. It's driven entirely by U.S. industry. We have repeatedly raised this issue of the lack of objective analysis in the 301 watch list process with our U.S. counterparts.
I also recognize that the U.S. industry likes to compare anyone they have a problem with, concerning their IPR regime, to China and the other big violators, but we're not on the same scale. This is not the same thing. If you aren't on the watch list in some way, shape, or form, you may not be of importance. Most countries with significant commercial dealings are on the watch list.