The Regulatory Cooperation Council was set up by the two heads of state, Mr. Harper and Mr. Obama, as you know, in early 2011. It has borne a lot of fruit. It has been reported on in budget 2014, specifically with regard to the alignment of auto standards between Canada and the U.S. That was a good endorsement, I think, of the work we've done in concert with our U.S. colleagues.
The idea is to work on sharing projects where it makes sense, where there's mutual intent, to jointly develop new standards and take them through to fruition. In other areas where each side looks at the other and sees something that it would like to pursue, then that side can unilaterally try to align with the other side.
A good example would be the auto theft immobilization systems, which has been an existing standard in Canada since 2007. The U.S. examined our standard, found that they would like to emulate us, and about a year ago they in fact proposed a regulation to harmonize with the Canadian standard. They have also indicated an interest in the Canadian rear underride standard for the trailers that are drawn by tractor units. They have indicated a significant interest in looking at our due diligence and potentially aligning with us. They have mentioned a few other areas as well.
I would say that there's no impact on safety. Each country has its sovereign ability under the RCC, as announced by the Prime Minister and the President a few years ago, to align where it makes sense. But in areas where there are unique domestic requirements, each country will continue to pursue standards and develop those standards for the domestic needs.