Without knowing all the precise recommendations put forward by the Legion, I will have to comment that if we are looking to control or to have an opportunity to have oversight before medals or insignia of cultural and national importance leave the country, then there may be some consideration given to using the export act or a structure like the export control act.
It really becomes a matter of what we are trying to accomplish. I understand there is a continuum of viewpoints, going from the opinion that no medal should ever be allowed to be sold to--what I think was a viewpoint expressed by the Legion--the opinion that unless there is a precondition that a medal belongs to the honour system, it is a piece of personal property.
I understand the difficulty the committee faces in trying to reconcile those two viewpoints while at the same time trying to ensure that insignia medals that are truly important to Canada's history--and that is significant--are not leaving the country.
I'm afraid I can't be much more help to you than that.