Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for the important question.
One of the proposed changes in this bill relates to the modernization of the management of chemicals and other substances. I don't tend to use the word “leader” lightly, but as I said earlier, we are recognized as a world leader when it comes to the management of chemicals. In fact, I often have meetings with some of my peers in different countries who want to learn from Canada's experience.
We've completed, as I said earlier, 98.5% of the more than 4,600 substances that were identified, and I'm pleased to confirm that the reassessments will also be held at this level of stringency in the evaluation process going forward once Bill S-5 is adopted.
It is a clear environmental benefit for Canadians by ensuring that chemicals that are assessed under the act will be held to the highest environmental standards both when they are originally assessed and when they are reassessed. This is clearly progress.