Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since receiving the petition, I have had a summary of the points set out in the petition prepared by the department and sent out to what we considered to be stakeholders and anybody else who has contacted the department since the petition was tabled with me, asking for them to respond formally to the points set out in the petition.
We have included a bit of a survey form with the letter making it easy for people to respond. We are hoping to have the final responses received. We expected the final responses by either yesterday or today. I would then plan on taking 30 days to review the responses to that request for consultation. I would hope to be able to talk to the DEA sometime early in March.