Thank you for the question.
Protecting health and safety certainly must remain paramount. However, we should still be able to find collaborative solutions that are consistent with health and safety obligations. We can ensure food safety while also achieving economic benefits.
For example, the PMRA could adopt a collaborative process to better understand the potential impacts of its decisions. This is what was lacking in the dicamba case.
Of course, the same can be said of the lambda-cy decision. There are several examples of this at the PMRA and the CFIA.
To improve the situation, we need to show that the impact on food safety is significant and review the industry's regulatory processes. We need to keep this in mind and make it a priority.