Our understanding of the amended version of this regulation is that it's limited to a specific set of regulations that the committee would have interest in. Under the act, those would be regulations developed under proposed paragraphs 36.1(4)(a), (b), and (c), which are not all of the regulations. They would be the foundational regulations, the ones we believe the committee would have the most interest in. This approach would allow the department to move expeditiously on some of the more technical regulations, ones in which the committee might have less interest, and we could move more quickly to protect the health and safety of Canadians.
On June 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.