International Trade committee  Yes, good morning. As noted earlier, we do have existing regulations on phosphorous that have been made under section 117 of the act, and that requires a prohibition of the amount of phosphorous in certain products coming into Canada. Section 118 provides us with the authoriti

International Trade committee  The authority does not exist right now. Our intention is to take the existing regulations, if this authority is granted to us, and add the exemption for goods in transit into the existing regulations.

International Trade committee  The amendment would be in the current regulations, if we're given the statutory authority to make those changes.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  To clarify, currently the act doesn't provide us the authority under section 118 to exempt these products.

International Trade committee  Sorry, I would have to come back and consult on that.

International Trade committee  This authority was proposed as a broad regulation-making authority, in keeping with the design of CEPA. There are many different ways to exempt within the act. CEPA generally functions as an enabling statute and provides us with the tools to effectively address environmental risk