Yes, it is. Currently there are over 15,000 products going through the application process. Only 2,000 of those have been approved in the last three years. There's a total of 55,000 products to go through the system on natural health products alone, and we are certainly in a backlog situation and are trying hard to work with them to resolve it.
But one of the issues with the natural health products directorate is that it is operating on Governor General's warrants, and has been doing so for at least the last two to three years. Last week it actually took its research budget and transferred it over to operating dollars in order to meet its ongoing budget needs. We feel it is critical that this department be adequately resourced in order for our country to be competitive, both nationally and internationally. We are falling behind significantly on the innovation side in particular.