Mr. Chairman, we made the decision to not be actively involved in the NDS after consultation with factories, talking with them about their priorities and where they wanted to see our budget and our limited resources focused. But I would say in addition to that, we have been, for some time, very unhappy with the lack of progress on the NDS. It had been going on for some time without any real federal engagement, we felt. Obviously, only several of the provinces are really that interested and have the potential for diamond mines, and even these don't have mines yet. So it was hard to get them engaged.
Coupled with that was part of the industry withdrawal from the strategy and their announcement to us that they would no longer be involved in the strategy unless we were willing to give up our official marks. The concerns that the Members, such as Member Braden, expressed with me about the possibility of giving up the official marks and the concern that the local factories had lead me to consult with the factories and make the determination that they would rather see us spend our efforts and focus our time and resources helping them market their brands. At some point in the future when those were up and running and, I guess, fairly stable, they felt that was a better time to be talking about national efforts. So there were several factors contributing to the decision to leave the NDS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.