Mr. Speaker, the secretary of the convention on biodiversity, speaking about the Cartagena protocol on biosafety, said, “Ratification is certainly one thing we are entitled to expect from Canada, since it hosts the secretariat of the convention on biodiversity”.
Does the federal government realize that, by delaying ratification of the Cartagena protocol—even when the secretariat that implements it is located in Canada—it is sending a very poor message to the international community?