The Canadian Environmental Protection Act applies to.... There are equivalent acts that would apply outside of the scope of CEPA. For example, pesticides would be done under the constraints of the Pest Control Products Act. That assessment would be done through that piece of legislation. The amendments we're talking about today would be those that aren't covered by other pieces of legislation.
However, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act does apply to certain applications under the Food and Drugs Act, including important products of biotechnology that are used to improve the health of Canadians. That includes gene therapies, vaccine development, such as those that were developed under the COVID-19 pandemic, and the annual flu shot. Those would be covered by the scope of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. That is why, from a program perspective, we've identified some of the challenges that my colleagues mentioned with respect to some of the amendments previously undertaken to Bill S-5.