Mr. Speaker, Canada's pesticides act is essentially 30 years old.
During committee the multi-stakeholder group advising the minister indicated that draft legislation has been essentially ready for three years. In fact, the executive director of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Dr. Franklin stated “A new bill has been drafted. I believe the bill has been ready since 1997. The minister is actively considering the appropriate time for tabling of the amendments”.
My question is quite simple. Are we going to update a 30 year act today, tomorrow or ever?