Thank you very much for the question.
In the case of what we call the “three sisters”—Codex Alimentarius for food safety, the International Plant Protection Convention for phytosanitary risks, and the World Organisation for Animal Health—in all three cases, Canada is very active. In terms of participation, we lead a number of subsidiary bodies in support of the development of standards of relevance to Canada. We participate in all of the relevant subordinate bodies that develop standards that touch on issues relevant to Canadian agriculture.
Indeed, as my colleague noted in his opening remarks, we provide direct support to the work of the standard-setting organizations in terms of extra budgetary funding in order to advance the pace of international standards development, recognizing that it's important to our agricultural sector. Within these organizations, it can sometimes take a long time to develop international standards that we believe to have great relevance in creating greater predictability in terms of trade, and greater protection through those standards as well.