Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I add my thanks to all our witnesses for being here today and for their work in helping to protect Canadians from environmental challenges and issues that might be consequential to them.
This is a broad study on how we can improve upon enforcement mechanisms within CEPA and give more powers to the government to be able to better protect Canadians. Given that we haven't had a briefing by officials yet on the full scope of enforcement operations, I guess I'll ask my questions more broadly.
My first question would be for Mr. Sharpe.
We know that countries around the world have a wide range of enforcement regimes to ensure the safety of their populations. Based on your experience, could you point to a few examples of success stories across the world where innovative enforcement practices led to greater protection against harmful substances, for example, or greater protections to the population in general?