Mr. Philip Kelly:

I am not sure that we have agreed that. The process by which exclusion lists are drawn up begins with proposals that come from the Commission about what Canada is looking for or what the EU might offer. Our internal process is to go across Government to Departments and the Ministers of those Departments to ask about the compatibility of the demands or the offers to be made to the Canadian side in this instance. The issues that have arisen are ones in which we have been advised by Departments and their Ministers - as the same legal entity - about areas in which we should have reservations. As far as we are concerned, we have dealt correctly with other Departments and their Ministers in terms of their interests and their representation of the national interest.