Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Excuse my voice. I'm at the tail end of a cold. I'm COVID-negative times five, including this morning, just to let you know.
Absolutely, in terms of the regulation-making process, there are a number of checks and balances, and we've gone through this with a number of files. Whether it's Canada's food guide or front-of-package labelling, when we put forth the regulations, there has to be an entire regulatory impact assessment piece that outlines the science and the basis of the evidence that was used to come to the proposal. It includes all of the consultations that we've gone through. As Mr. Lee has said, it includes the impact on small businesses and a cost-benefit analysis, and then there's an entire consultation process whereby that moves forward.
What we've done for other files is publish all of the data and the evidence that we relied on to make those policy decisions, as well, to make sure that we're completely open and transparent.
Absolutely, whatever we do needs to be.... All of the decisions are made and all of the regulations and policies are based on science and evidence.