The purpose of the regulatory-making authority is to make sure that we can meet our obligations, and the first is to provide equal and effective appeal rights. We will do this by ending the practice of dual litigation, and this will be done through the regulatory schemes, through what we call the patented medicines notices of compliance.
To do these there are different features. One of the main ones is to turn what is currently a summary procedure into a full action to determine validity infringement. To do this, some of the regulations will need to change. The Governor in Council will need this extra regulatory-making authority to make sure that the regulations can come into force and won't be challenged down the road.