Madam Speaker, the integrity of Canada's pesticide regulatory system depends on continued reliance on robust science as prescribed by the Pest Control Products Act.
The regulatory decision by PMRA on imidacloprid was supported by data from registrants, provincial and federal governments, academia, non-governmental organizations, grower groups and open literature. This decision was open to public consultation for 120 days, which ended in March 2017, and resulted in approximately 46,000 comments.
In addition, a multi-stakeholder forum, composed of federal and provincial government agencies, grower groups, independent researchers, non-governmental organizations and manufacturers, and facilitated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, examined the use of—