Mr. Chair, of course this particular agreement has been known for some time, and the public has had ample time to consider it. The U.S. model intergovernmental agreement, which is the platform of the Canada–U.S. agreement, has been in the public domain since July 2012. We had announced that we would enter into negotiations with the U.S. on this agreement on November 8, 2012, and invited public comment. We received many comments, and we signed and released the agreement on February 5, 2014. The agreement was introduced on March 8.
In the House of Commons on May 14th, 2014. See this statement in context.