Thank you very much for your question.
The sector and the companies in Canada are very forthright. We continue to support and encourage more scientific research, if it is warranted and desired. There has been research on this for a very long time. It's easy to throw words around that incite fear that are not based on anything.
In Canada, we rely on government. You mentioned the health of Canadians. I think the people who really care and have the responsibility for the health of Canadians are the Canadian government. As a former minister of the Government of Canada, I'm sure you would agree this is very important. Standards that are set in Canada are set by the Government of Canada. They're not set by the industry. I think that's important to recognize. The industry will continue to fully comply with those standards.
We will support and we do support research, but you have to appreciate that when research is supported by the sector or the industry, then people who don't agree with the research will simply say the research is biased because it has been funded or supported by the industry. When the industry decides not to support research, then we're told we should support research.
The fact is that we do support research. We do fund independent research where we have no impact whatsoever on the research that is done. We take the evidence that is provided and supported by the World Health Organization, and the standards that are set in Canada are based on those international standards.