When we talk about requiring the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to consider food security and economic impacts, we want them to do that without compromising on health and safety, and the key to that is science. We're not talking about changing the level of health and safety protection that Health Canada has established as a goal. We're talking about how to achieve that same level of protection while still empowering our sector.
We've talked about the U.S. versus Canada; however, one thing that's important to recognize is that we're a relatively small pesticide market. If you're a global company looking to invest in commercializing new innovation, when you're looking at Canada, there's less market opportunity to recoup those costs. What we need to enable is a predictable, agile and efficient regulatory framework. We're not talking about lessening the amount of health and safety protection. We're talking about achieving that same level while also empowering our sectors to succeed through more predictable, agile and efficient regulations. I think we've seen less focus on that over the past four years under the PMRA's transformation agenda. That's also why we're also talking about sunsetting that and refocusing the agency's efforts on their core work and core mandate.