Thanks, Mark.
At Nature Canada's recommendation, in the Senate, the amendment to section 114 was passed, which would allow the government to prescribe “processes for meaningful public participation”. If that clause stands, we can include those rules when the regulations are reviewed, and we'll be ready for the next GE animal.
If we eliminate that clause, we won't be ready and we'll have to wait for the next CEPA bill to come forward. We need that clause in there, and we need rules to lay out how public participation will take place in the act.