Exactly. You'd develop national standards, and the province would declare them as provincial standards, which would be great. Then municipalities would declare them as municipal standards, and that would be good. Really, they're benchmarks rather than standards. It's really saying that you don't go below this line when it comes to training, when it comes to management, when it comes to effective and efficient delivery of services. Get above that line, if you can.
On April 25th, 2013. See this statement in context.