There are two aspects to what we do about harmonization. First, there is the issue of product registration, and there is the issue of Maximum Residue Limits.
Both of those can present challenges to producers, to exporters, and to importers. All of our work focuses on both, and we're clear with our colleagues in the U.S. that the best world for us is not just one in which we have the same pesticides approved, but one in which we have, as much as possible, the same MRLs
for pest control products in both countries.
At times, because of the different climatic conditions or agricultural conditions, they may need pesticides in the United States that we do not need. In southern Florida, the pest pressures may be quite different from what they are in Canada. In that situation, the Americans or Canadians can ask that we establish what's called an “import MRL”.
What we've been doing again with our revocation of the 0.1 parts per million MRL is to try to make sure, if it's a product that our farmers could use and would like to use, that we're not establishing just an import MRL, but that we're actually working to give our farmers access to the product. But we will still continue to see some instances in which there will be just an import MRL.