Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I’d like to thank the witnesses for taking time to meet with us today. We appreciate their presence.
Mr. Doyon, I’d like to hear your general thoughts on registration timelines at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, or PMRA. You spoke to the need to be transparent and not to lower requirements. I think we’re on the same page on that because it's very important to protect health, safety and so forth.
However, I have serious concerns when I hear examples of registrations that have taken 10 years or longer. We may not be scientists, but sooner or later, we get the feeling that the file has been sitting on the shelf for a while.
In your opinion, what improvements are needed at the PMRA to shorten timelines?