In theory, when the law is well applied, it works well. The act is supposed to provide protection to Canadian citizens, both for domestically produced and imported products. There seems to be a problem in terms of the number of resources assigned to manage this. On the sites, many agency staff are monitoring every detail, whereas for an imported product, the same efforts are not being made.
It is not quite reciprocal, because although it is not impossible for us to export our products to the European market, it is much more bureaucratic and much more difficult for us to obtain approvals than it is for Europeans.