Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to the witnesses for being here with us.
Ms. Lefebvre and Mr. Léger Bourgoin, during our meetings, you often talked about the PMRA, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. I'm going to refrain from saying certain things about that agency, but you talked about its slowness in approving crop protection products that are used in many other countries and that could be used in Canada. Here, we're dragging our feet.
In your opinion, is this a lack of willpower? Why is the government unable to provide the PMRA with the resources it needs to properly respond to requests? After all, producers are being asked to produce very high-quality products.
First, there is the issue of the border, which we will come back to later. When it comes to the regulation and acceptance of products that are used in other countries, where do you think the problem lies?