The minister might be using his authorities under the act in order to delegate to other people, to the community, to do that. The actual process has not yet been worked out, as far as I know, but the ability to do it is certainly there currently with what we have. The minister has the authority to delegate most of his powers. He can't delegate legislative powers, but anything else he can, and that authority could be used.
On February 12th, 2007. See this statement in context.