Thank you very much.
From a regulator's perspective, a science-based, rules-based approach is critical to predictability. Nothing makes the job of an exporter or an importer harder if they can't understand the rules, if the rules appear to be arbitrary.
That's one of the wonderful things about Canada's commitment to a science-based approach. It provides an assurance of predictability, because the bases upon which we're going to build our rules aren't on whim, they're on solid science. That means if you have a problem with a rule we have, you have a basis for challenging it. You have a basis for taking us to account in defending why we believe this requirement is appropriate for the protection of the Canadian environment, the Canadian people.
So for us, that commitment to a science-based, rules-based approach is the very foundation of an effective regulatory system.