There are.
There are, in fact, the standing consultation committees on both sides of the border, where we're often dealing with the same issues. The department will put out notices sometimes in newspapers, sometimes in the Canada Gazette , part I, that it is launching a process to study regulations. There are formal consultations that have to occur. They have to be documented. Our Treasury Board Secretariat analysts are very stringent when they screen the material we send them for approval by the Governor in Council.
It's very important for ministers to understand what the pros and cons of each regulatory initiative are. They want to know who's for it, who's against it. We would not succeed in getting a regulation enacted by the Governor in Council if we didn't pass all these tests beforehand. The regulatory process is intrinsically very challenging.