We have discussed, in one of our reports, the question of scientific consensus in the scientific literature, which does not exist. We see in the public that there's a discussion back and forth about what the science tells us, and there's controversy. We also think there's the issue of what Canadians tell us about what they want in agriculture and food. In addition to the science-based questions before regulators, there are also economic and perhaps ethical and social questions to be asked.
On the science, the answer is not concluded. The questions continue to be explored, and that's the scientific process.
There are many issues in Canadian regulation that point to the problems of science used in Canadian regulation. It is not, for the most part, peer-reviewed science, for example.