Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll be splitting my time with Mr. Allen.
I found the questioning of Mr. Cullen interesting. I think it was a little over the top, though, when he was equating smoking with phthalates in medical bags. I haven't heard of any studies of rats being tested for smoking and the effects of nicotine.
The EU had an emergency ban in 1999 on phthalates. I want to follow up on some of the questioning of Mr. McGuinty. The members of this committee have heard testimony about the risk of phthalates, and have also heard about it in the bill from Mr. Cullen. What do you believe is motivating the environmental NGOs to encourage the passage of this bill? And what do you believe caused the EU to have an emergency ban back in 1999?