Environment committee  Thank you. With regard to the scope of “native” species, I think what we're really looking at is species that originated and have developed in the Canadian environment. Those would be the focus of this particular amendment. With regard to “interested persons” and the public co

Environment committee  All right. What's included in this amendment focuses on the type of consultation that will take place during the period of a risk assessment. When a new organism is notified to the department for risk assessment for health and environmental risk, there would be a commitment to un

Environment committee  Just very briefly and to reiterate what Ms. Farquharson said, in any instance where we feel data is missing to help complete a risk assessment, there are many mechanisms we can use, including requesting data from industry to complete those risk assessments. Thank you.

Environment committee  Just very quickly, to reiterate, we do currently, for higher living organisms, allow for a period of public consultation within the time period prescribed for the risk assessment to occur.

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. As many of you know, the development of risk assessments is a very data-intensive type of process, and of course we do all assessments in collaboration with our colleagues at Health Canada. Examining health and environmental data to determine risk t

Environment committee  Generally, when there are very few comments between the draft and the final, the period can be reasonable. It may take 18 months to two years to finalize something. When we do receive additional information and we have to conduct additional information gathering, it can take quit