Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to focus again on the issue of patents and industrial design.
Another aspect often brought up by witnesses during our study of the clauses related to intellectual property is the implementation date, which is set by order in council. Witnesses were very concerned by the fact that it can sometimes take a fairly long time for the clauses to be implemented.
I of course cannot ask you to give us an implementation date, but for the benefit of the public, could we get an idea? Would it be a time frame that can be counted in years?