Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just building on interventions by Laura, the central risk management instrument oftentimes does deal with the primary concern or the risk to health or environment that's been identified. That's the instrument that is subject to the 42-month prescribed timeline in the act. Government resources are focused on addressing the primary risk to health or environment as swiftly as possible within that 42-month time frame that's prescribed in the act.
I think some flexibility is advocated for complementary instruments for recognizing that under the Health Canada portfolio, some complementary instruments may be done under the Food and Drugs Act or under the Consumer Product Safety Act, wherein a mandatory timeline may require displacing a priority that they're currently working on as part of a busy regulatory agenda that they have under the regulation of foods or the regulation of consumer products.
This flexibility enables government resources to be prioritized under what is currently the primary risk instrument, which is the 42 months, and then, when subsequent complementary instruments are required, the flexibility enables priority-setting across the government priority-setting mechanism.