That would be a question probably better put to parliamentary officials than to bureaucratic officials. What I can say is that we're doing a lot of work to get ready for the eventual deployment of regulations once the bill passes. I would say that I could give assurance to the member, just in terms of the parliamentary process, that it's not slowing down the work in Health Canada to prepare for the eventuality of this legislation coming into place.
On December 7th, 2017. See this statement in context.