Mr. Speaker, Health Canada has received an application for registration of a pest control product called salmosan.
This application is being given priority attention. Every effort is being made to assess the product as quickly as possible. Health Canada remains in contact with officials in the New Brunswick government.
Over and above that, the pest management regulatory agency recognizes the aquaculture industry's needs and has already responded to requests by giving emergency registrations for two other products which have not proved as successful as we would have liked them to be, namely hydrogen peroxide and pyrethrum.