This seems to be a critical component. What we're hearing now, perhaps, about virtual elimination is that things are not getting to the list in Canada, and that maybe it's not the most effective tool. I'm hearing different things. If we go back to the intention to have harmful chemicals removed and one of the blocks is that the companies involved in producing those chemicals say the costs are prohibitive, a sound understanding of the options available to the government seems extremely important.
On October 24th, 2006. See this statement in context.