Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Reading through this amendment, committee members will see that it is creating a bit more clarity. The Senate opened up this section, which is why we're able to address it. It provides greater clarity around the concept of “demonstrable need”. I'm hoping that committee members will see the value in “the principle of pollution prevention” and “the precautionary principle”, as well as the need for us to ensure that we aren't threatening wild counterparts, and the impacts that genetically modified organisms might have when it comes to biodiversity and other social and environmental impacts.
It's just really ensuring that there's no hazard to biological biodiversity, especially since.... We know we're in a climate crisis, but we're also in a biodiversity crisis, so it's being careful and scrutinizing the benefits and risks as we move forward.