Environment committee  Yes. In fact, the way somebody once put it, while the NEB can't track it very well, the companies are actually probably doing a great job. Remember as well, though, that the companies would submit information to the NEB, and possibly because of the tracking system, they didn't a

Environment committee  I 100% agree, and I believe the NEB would agree with that as well. They're aware that their tracking system, their computer system, is outdated. In a couple of instances, they have already indicated that they would try to resolve that issue. It is absolutely something that the NE

Environment committee  I can tell you that I worked in the mining sector for several years, and safety is a big question. It is not one thing. Walking out my front door can be safe some days, and other days walking out my front door is not safe. Safety is about culture. Safety is about how people act a

Environment committee  In most cases, yes.

Environment committee  I would say that when PMRA re-evaluates the pesticides, we know that in 95% of the cases additional measures are required to protect human health or the environment. Because we still have a backlog of over 80 pesticides that have not been re-evaluated in a timely manner, we would

Environment committee  Conditional registrations were used for PMRA to get confirmatory information. They needed additional information, but they felt they had enough information to conditionally register, so temporarily register. They wanted additional information. I would say it created a bit of conf

Environment committee  I would agree. I know PMRA had been thinking about removing the conditionals for a little while, but we've audited this issue several times and each time we've found pesticides that have been conditionally registered, which is okay, but for two decades, for more than five years,

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  I think that's a great question to ask PMRA. What are they going to do with the ones that are out there now?

Environment committee  Could you repeat the question?

Environment committee  That would be a question for parliamentarians to make a decision on as opposed to the commissioner.

Environment committee  I think it's a generally accepted—I was going to say philosophy, but that's not the right word; I'm thinking in French. It's generally accepted that most people would like to have confidence in the regulator.

Environment committee  I didn't audit that, so it's difficult for me to respond to that.

Environment committee  It's the regulator who would decide ultimately if the approval condition or the deficiency that has been identified, the safety regulation, is being properly followed.

Environment committee  That's correct.