Yes, going back to stevia, that was a problem. It took far too long. Every other jurisdiction that I'm aware of had approved stevia for use as a sweetener years before Canada was able to get through the approval process. Again, it's a matter of government working with other governments as well as with the industry to try to cross the t's and dot the i's when it comes to safety and health. But when other large jurisdictions have already acted with approvals, I think there is a way that the Government of Canada can then look at that, use some of that analysis, and speed up the process to give consumers more choice.
On March 26th, 2013. See this statement in context.