I think CMP was needed when the results of categorization were completed back in 2006. I think the government has done a fantastic job of trying to move through risk assessments in the context of the CMP focus.
I think where it has failed to some degree is ensuring that the pillars of CEPA—with respect to achieving pollution prevention and making that an ultimate goal of the program—are completely realized in the context of the CMP. That has yet to happen.
While a lot of effort and resources have been put into conducting risk assessment and collecting data through the provisions included in CEPA, the results in terms of prohibiting and eliminating the worst chemicals haven't yet been fully realized. I think this is where we're coming from as an organization, as there needs to be some sort of review of the government's commitment to upholding those important pillars that CEPA claimed in 1999 that it would try to achieve in 2000.
In the context of moving forward on assessment, I think it has done that. It will achieve that by 2020, but the challenge is how good are the risk assessments or risk management that is put in place. If we're looking back at some of the data that CELA has pulled together from the CEC on the persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemicals, the increase has been significant from 2006 to 2012. That should be a signal to where some of the efforts can be placed.