Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I have two brief questions. My first question is for Mr. Moffet or Mr. Glover.
In terms of the marketing and use of certain chemical products, I would like to know if the ministerial processes include a mechanism for pre-authorization of certain substances or products, a type of pre-authorization to market a product subject to a final assessment on the part of Environment Canada or Health Canada.
Can a product be pre-authorized based on information currently available, but then be withdrawn after the analysis has been conducted? One of the Commissioner of the Environment's reports mentioned pesticides that were registered but that could be withdrawn on the basis of assessments of their impact on health and the environment. Does the same apply to chemical products?