Agriculture committee  Page 22. Mr. Chair, in fact, we have built in that regulation-making possibility that the member flagged as a way to manage the issues around exports.

Agriculture committee  We can make regulations in paragraph 51(1)(e), but for subclauses 10(1), (2) and (3) to operate there would have to be regulations around exports. So there is no implication for exporters unless we make regulations.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, the legislation does enable the inspectors to reach out to peace officers when they need to. There's nothing here that precludes that. The proposed amendment just says they “must provide”. So the proposed wording of the amendment doesn't get you the outcome because it

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. For this proposed amendment, we wouldn't be able to bring in a document where there is a direct conflict of interest. When we do the regulation that incorporates the document in the first instance, it will go through the full Treasury Board approval process,

Agriculture committee  When we use “incorporation by reference”, we use it when we have, for example, an international standard or practice or code that everyone agrees is how it should be done. Then the regulation will say that everyone has to follow that standard. Let's take, for example, a Codex s

Agriculture committee  Where we have come out is that the protection is there in the Criminal Code of Canada. It has implications for the agency if we bring it in under our own statute.

Agriculture committee  It's about four years now.

Agriculture committee  I was, yes.