As you know, Canadians are increasingly concerned about the toxic chemicals in our environment. A lot of these toxic chemicals are in the household goods and products that we use--in face creams, in clothing, in our upholstery. Our government has an obligation to make sure that we're protecting the health of Canadians by working with industry to ensure that they're not using those kinds of cancer-causing toxic substances.
The categorization process, as Mr. Dion indicated, is a process that has taken seven years to come to. On September 14, Canada became the first country to review 23,000 chemical substances that are in use right now. As I said, our government has already acted on a number of those substances by banning and restricting their use in Canada, but we also will be releasing very soon a comprehensive public action plan on toxic chemicals to ensure, and reassure, Canadians that we will be acting to protect their health.