I certainly agree that these changes would amount to a weakening of Canada's pesticide oversight. I don't agree that Canada has a problem with not approving enough pesticides, or not getting pesticides to market quickly enough.
As we noted in our written brief, Canada is regarded as one of the most lenient jurisdictions in the OECD with respect to pesticide approvals. In Canada, we still authorize 120 highly hazardous pesticides that have been banned in other jurisdictions, such as the EU. Of the 146 pesticides that are classified as highly hazardous according to Pesticide Action Network International, only 25 are banned in Canada.