Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being with us today. Thank you for the educational opportunity you've provided us in giving some more examples of what biocides are and the need for the regulations.
Based on what my colleague has indicated, there seems to be a universal acceptance that the regulations need to be updated into one system, as opposed to regulations under two different acts: the Food and Drugs Act and the Pest Control Products Act. That's been universally accepted, I think.
You've indicated that from the stakeholders, the one area of concern is the foreign decision pathway.
With regard to the concerns that are being raised by those Canadian firms, is it simply that their concern stems from the fact that it would probably be easier for some of the larger multinationals that exist in Canada to bring in their products from the United States? Is it that instead of Canadian manufacturers developing and manufacturing these type of products in Canada, they could simply be brought in from the United States?