Thank you very much for the question.
Madam Chair, I am pleased to be able to speak with the committee about the chemicals management plan. It has been a real success story for the department. We have been working in a very collaborative way with the Department of the Environment to assess these chemicals both from a human health and an environmental impact point of view.
In the first phase of the chemicals management plan, which we began in 2006, we have met our targets. We have looked at all of the priority chemicals and have addressed, to this point, more than 1,100 priority chemicals; we have categorized them and done the follow-up where necessary in terms of protecting both human health and the environment.
That plan has been renewed as we go forward, so we are now on target for addressing the remaining 3,200 priority chemicals by 2020. That was part of the initial plan. As we go through that, we are very pleased with the progress we have been making. We think we are getting even better as we define the processes, which are getting more refined, and we are on track to meet the targets.