I have actually no idea where this idea of five years would come from. For example, if you look at the Veterans Charter, that was implemented in somewhat less than five years.
From my perspective, when we had some discussions—and actually the most recent discussions I had with this particular organization did not have any discussion of timeframes—when we talked about this back in late spring or early summer, we said if we go through a legislative process it's probably going to take a longer than a ministerial directive. But certainly five years was never ever discussed in any meeting that I've been present at, so I really don't know where it came from. I'm at a loss.
If in fact there's some misunderstanding, I'm sure that in the future I'll be speaking with these individuals. These are certainly honourable gentlemen, and as we move forward, I'm sure I will have further consultation with these gentlemen and if there's any misunderstanding it will certainly be clarified. But I don't know where the five years would come from.
It seems to me that it's really left to the will of Parliament. If it is the will of Parliament to proceed with the enactment of any legislation, I would suspect that honourable members would probably want to move more quickly than five years.