So the sanitary targets are set out in the free trade agreement, but not necessarily the methods for achieving those targets. Let's consider a situation where Canada's practices differ from Europe's or Japan's, say, but the target remains the same. Basically, if it takes six months to certify a slaughterhouse process but it ends up taking a year and a half to move forward, it could lead to an economic disadvantage. How can countries work that out between them? Is that done?
On April 11th, 2016. See this statement in context.