There are only so many ways to do it. The Canadian industry has to sell apples and the American industry has to sell apples. There is no other way to align our regulatory frameworks, and there is no other way to be fair. If our businesses don't start the race from the same starting point, they can't expect to achieve results other than what we've predicted.
We are calling for a moratorium for two main reasons. Registering a product is done basically in four stages, and the process takes 12 to 24 months, when all goes well. At this time, we know that between 700 and 800 products are not registered. We have passed that information on to Health Canada officials. They have archived the lists themselves, because they were the ones who managed it previously. We have demonstrated this to officials, we've repeated the information, and they don't believe us.
I go to food factories every day to perform checks, and I send approval files to Health Canada. I help Canadian contractors with that process, because we don't need certification. It happens quickly, because we can do it ourselves.