Thanks, Mr. Chair.
It's great to see some of the stars of the Guardians of the Grasslands documentary with us today.
Kristine, it's good to see you. I know you haven't had a chance to speak, but I'm very proud of that documentary that was filmed in my riding.
I would encourage anybody on the committee to take a moment to watch that if you have not done so.
Part of the idea of this study is to identify definitive things that we can do to highlight what agriculture has done and is doing, and certainly things that we can do to improve. The 3-NOP program or product seems like a no-brainer, and I just want to go back to that really quickly.
The EU is usually very risk-averse and doesn't like to use any of these types of products. For them to have it approved before us.... I understand it could be two or three years yet until it's approved for use in Canada.
Andrea, can you maybe tell me why it's been assessed as a veterinary medicine and not as a feed additive in Canada? What was the reason it went that way?