It's essential that the work progress in a predictable, transparent manner. The fact is that there are no timelines currently, for example, in terms of the risk assessment—the initial assessment and the final assessment. There will be important timelines coming up, for example, for the accountability framework that's in Bill S-5. It's clear they need to be mandatory.
As I said, it's a question of also the government being accountable for its work. We need to know where things stand. There have been cases in terms of chemical assessments that have dragged on—for example, the preliminary assessment was finished in 2017, and there's still no news of a final assessment.
The question that came to my mind was this: What workplace would allow this? We need clear timelines with other mechanisms to strengthen the application of the law.