Chemicals are used in the United States, products that the government here does not want to approve because the need is perhaps not as great. It costs money to have them approved in Canada. They spray fruits and vegetables with all kinds of products that we are not allowed to use here. Some would help us control weeds in leek crops. Those vegetables are sent to us from the United States, and we eat them. Just think of somatotropin in milk. Americans are allowed to give that substance to their cows so that they produce more milk, but it's prohibited in Canada. There are any number of other examples of that kind.
On April 25th, 2007. See this statement in context.