I'd really like to hear from the technicians with respect to this framing right here, because I do believe it is important to have the minister involved to work collaboratively with the council on various things.
I can understand Mr. Vidal's wish for independence, and I share that wish to see independence, but where it's beneficial for the minister to be collaboratively working with the council on things is that, while we've had one fund set aside in this budget, it's possible that in subsequent years we might need that collaboration to discuss finances, to discuss further movement.
I think the discussion that takes place between the minister and the council is very beneficial for the future of this council, and I'd like to hear from the technicians whether they could give us a little bit of a sense of what this clause on a protocol was really meant to get at.