Mr. Chair, as Mr. Reed pointed out, some of the recommendations referred to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. I have not prepared nor am I able to respond to those that deal with that part of my department. With respect to our activities that deal with CEPA, one of the recommendations is the 13 substances. You've heard reports that those have been completed. Those were outstanding from PSL1.
The next recommendation talks about process for being able to incorporate new information into an assessment that has been completed. We committed to initiating a response to that; however, in attempting to meet the categorization criteria and deadline, along with doing the pilot study that we started in conjunction with the categorization exercise, we have not completed the commitment.
On the other hand, I would maintain that the important part of an assessment leads to a conclusion as to whether you need risk management or not. It has always been our practice, at least from the Health Canada perspective, to incorporate new information that comes along that has an impact on our risk management decisions during that phase.