In adopting amendments 17 and 18, the senators created new obligations: public consultations will have to be held for each new living organism developed in Canada. They will have to be conducted first by the department, and then by industry. In our view, that is one consultation too many. Why not just do one?
In your opinion, are two consultations necessary, as stipulated in these amendments? Could we not just do one in order to save time and improve efficiency?