We'll let the 20 seconds come back to the chair.
No, Mr. Steinley, that's okay. I want to take a chance with our good officials.
Ms. Beck, I want to start with Bill C-359. This is a private member's bill that I introduced that would amend the seeds, feeds and pest control acts to try to allow for foreign decisions of trusted jurisdiction. We leave that definition open for the agencies themselves to delineate who would be a trusted organization.
It reflects what I heard over the past four years, as a member of Parliament, from the Canadian agriculture industry. It says it wants to make sure it has access to the same tools that our competitors have in other jurisdictions around the world, particularly where there has already been scientific review that would be robust, similar to that done by our own Canadian agencies.
Has the department looked at the proposed legislation? Do you have any opinion or thoughts initially that you can share with me and this committee?