The only thing that I could add is that we continue internationally to develop standards that in fact will better support industry in providing them with guidance and practical tools to do the sorts of assessments right across the board in the entire supply chain. One specific standard that comes to mind is a standard being developed with over 23 countries involved--and Canada is one of them leading the pack--which is an ISO standard, the International Organization for Standardization. It's working on a standard that would help, in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises, but in fact all industry, everything from the design of a product to the manufacturing, all the way down to what would happen at distribution and retail. It's these sorts of guidance and practical tools and standards that would also help inform industry on determining what poses a danger and the sorts of things to think about through their supply chain processes.
On October 19th, 2010. See this statement in context.