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        <p>To obtain an electronic copy of the document, Memoranda of Understanding between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Pest Management Regulatory Agency and Treasury Board Secretariat, please contact <a href="mailto:publications@hc-sc.gc.ca?subject=(mou-aafc-tbs-aac-sct-entente-eng)%20Memoranda%20of%20Understanding%20between%20Agriculture%20and%20Agri-Food%20Canada%20and%20Pest%20Management%20Regulatory%20Agency%20and%20Treasury%20Board%20Secretariat">publications@hc-sc.gc.ca</a>.</p>
    


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        <p><strong>Memorandum of Understanding between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (<abbr>AAFC</abbr>) (represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food) and Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (represented by the Minister of Health) and Treasury Board Secretariat (represented by the President of Treasury Board) pertaining to three initiatives to"</strong></p>
    


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 <li>Develop and implement commodity-based risk reduction strategies for the agriculture and agri-food sector;</li> 
 <li>Improve access to agricultural minor-use pesticides, and reduced-risk pesticides for agricultural use; and</li> 
 <li>Conduct research to support the introduction of minor-use pesticides that pose a reduced risk to the environment</li> 
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        <p>1.1 This Memorandum of Understanding (<abbr>MOU</abbr>) pertains to three initiatives that are to</p>
    


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 <li>develop and implement commodity-based risk reduction strategies for the agriculture and agri-food sector;</li> 
 <li>improve access to agricultural minor-use pesticides, and reduced risk pesticides for agricultural use; and</li> 
 <li>conduct research to support the introduction of minor-use pesticides that pose a reduced risk to the environment. The <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> describes how Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (<abbr>AAFC</abbr>) and Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (<abbr>PMRA</abbr>) will work together for shared outcomes, measure performance on delivery, and review progress achieved.</li> 
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        <p>2.1 As expressed by witnesses who have appeared before the federal Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development and the federal Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, the public and the agri-food sector have both been concerned about pesticide use in Canada. Growers. for example, have been concerned about the possible removal of existing pesticides from the market as a result of Canadian and United States agencies re-evaluations while having limited access to reduced-risk and minor-use pesticides, making it difficult for them to compete in international markets. The public has been concerned about the long term impact of pesticide use and is seeking more information on this matter.</p>
    


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        <p>2.2 The federal government has fully endorsed the principles set out in the Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development, Making the Right Choice for the Protection of Health and the Environment, and in the Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, Registration of Pesticides and the Competitiveness of Canadian Farmers. In its response to the Reports, the federal government committed to further reform the pesticide regulatory system and to renew the approach to pest management.</p>
    


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        <p>2.3 On May 23rd, 2002, the federal government announced funding for <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and Health Canada's <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> for initiatives to reduce risks of pesticides and enhance environmental sustainability. <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will work with industry and the provinces to increase the availability of reduced-risk and more environmentally friendly pesticides for Canadian farmers. <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will have the capability to coordinate and prioritize activities on reduced-risk pesticides for agricultural use and on agricultural "minor-use" pesticides with the cooperative efforts of governments, manufacturers and growers. Activities funded include the development of crop profiles and risk reduction strategies for the agriculture and agri-food sector, and agricultural minor-use activities such as priority setting and beginning of data generation from field testing and laboratory analysis. Health Canada's <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will be developing and implementing strategies for reducing risks to both health and the environment and encouraging reduction in the use of pesticides. The <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> also introduced a program to encourage pesticide manufacturers to seek registration in Canada of reduced-risk pesticide products that are already registered in the US. The program complements the existing North American Free Trade Agreement (<abbr>NAFTA</abbr>) Joint Review Programs for Reduced-risk Pesticides. The <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> is using the same criteria as the <abbr title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">US EPA</abbr> to determine eligibility for the program.</p>
    


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        <p>2.4 Further funding was provided for research into risk reduction alternatives, integrated pest management, and new or replacement pest control products. <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> is also doubling the current allotment of resources within <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>'s Research Branch to the equivalent of $2 million for data generation on agricultural "minor-use" pesticides. This data generation, coupled with the new investment, will be used to develop the submissions required to register agricultural "minor-use" pesticides with <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>. $1 million of Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development (<abbr>CARD</abbr>) funding from <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> was allocated in 2002 to fast track production of crop profiles and risk reduction strategies.</p>
    


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        <p>2.5 On June 24th, 2002, the federal government announced additional funding to give Canadian producers better access to agricultural "minor-use" pesticides, and reduced-risk pesticides for agricultural use. <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will continue its work to help reduce pesticide risks through research and further development of pest management systems that control pests using technologies such as crop rotation, cultivation, and biological and chemical controls. <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>'s funding is for field trials, liaison with stakeholders, to integrate data generation with <abbr title="United States">US</abbr> Department of Agriculture (<abbr>USDA</abbr>)'s Interregional Research Project Number 4 (<abbr>IR</abbr>-4) and prepare submissions to the <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>. <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>'s funding will support the review of submissions for reduced-risk pesticides, including those for minor-use, in accordance with workplans that are agreed upon between <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>. <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will use their portion of these new funds to augment staff to meet the demand for reviewing the increased number of minor-use submissions and to expedite the review of reduced-risk pesticides.</p>
    


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        <p>2.6 The objectives of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> are supportive of the Agricultural Policy Framework (<abbr>APF</abbr>) and in particular support the outcome goals of the Environment chapter of that framework. The outcome goals which this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> supports are: reduce agricultural risks and provide benefits to health and supply of water, with key priority areas being nutrients, pesticides and water conservation (24.1.1) and increase the use of beneficial pest and pesticide management practices (24.2.3.2).</p>
    


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        <p>2.7 The funding details are as shown for the Program entitled Developing and Implementing Commodity Specific Risk Reduction Strategies in the Treasury Board submission Building Public Confidence in Pesticide Regulation and Improving Access to Pest Management Products (September, 2002), and in Annex A of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr>.</p>
    


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 <li>develop and implement commodity-based risk reduction strategies for the agriculture and agri-food sector</li> 
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        <p>3.3 The initiatives are part of the Federal Government's commitments as outlined in the Treasury Board Submission "Building Public Confidence in Pesticide Regulation and Improving Access to Pest Management Products ". This <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> provides further detail regaiding the commitments made by <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> in the Treasury Board submission and its associated Results-based Management and Accountability Framework (<abbr>RMAF</abbr>). <abbr title="Results-based Management and Accountability Framework">RMAF</abbr>s describe the integrated approach by which initiatives will be measured, managed and reported throughout their life cycle. Key elements of the <abbr title="Results-based Management and Accountability Framework">RMAF</abbr> are contained in this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr>. An important element of the commitments made through the Treasury Board submission is that stakeholders and public will be kept informed through a transparent management system.</p>
    


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   <td>Research and Analyze Data</td> 
   <td>Generated data for reduced-risk and minor-use pesticide submissions for agriculture <br><br> Applied research to support the introduction of minor-use pesticides that pose a reduced risk to the environment<br><br> Improved basis for regulatory decisions about pesticides that integrate risk reduction strategies for commodities and current data (linking the results, as applicable, to pesticide regulation)</td> 
   <td>A regulatory system that better protects health and environment and contributes to the competitiveness of the agri-food sector</td> 
   <td rowspan="3">Increased public and stakeholder confidence in pesticide regulation, protected health and environment, and increased competitiveness of the agri-food sector</td> 
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   <td>Develop and Implement Pest Management Strategies</td> 
   <td>Developed crop profiles <br><br> Developed and implemented commodity-based risk reduction strategies for the agri-food sector</td> 
   <td>Use of safer pest management practices and products</td> 
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   <td>Involve, consult and Inform Public and Stakeholders</td> 
   <td>Involved, consulted and informed public and stakeholders throughout the delivery of the initiatives</td> 
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        <p>4.2 The results (outputs) of the initiatives and how they are expected to lead to the achievement of the expected outcomes are illustrated in the logic model in Annex B. This logic model will be the basis for the selection of performance indicators and the foundation for ongoing performance measurement, evaluation and accountability.</p>
    


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        <p>4.3 Performance in achieving the results and outcomes will be measured using the indicators identified in annual costed work plans. Approval of any changes to the performance measures will be sought from Deputy Ministers. As well, the whole program will be systematically evaluated at the end of Year 3 and Year 5, and reported on, as described in Sections 14 and 9 of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr>.</p>
    


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        <p>6.1.1 A Deputy Ministers' (<abbr>DM</abbr>s) Committee will be established to oversee the management of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr>. The Committee will be comprised of Deputy Ministers from Health Canada and <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>. The <abbr title="Deputy Minister">DM</abbr>s Committee will:</p>
    


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 <li>meet at least annually to review and approve any re-allocation of funds between fiscal years, using existing mechanisms, as recommended by the Joint Management Committee and communicate their decision to the Treasury Board Secretariat;</li> 
 <li>meet as required to resolve any dispute arising from the implementation of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> where informal negotiation by the <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>/<abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> Joint Management Committee failed to resolve the matter to the mutual satisfaction; and</li> 
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        <p>6.2.1 <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will establish a Joint Management Committee (<abbr>JMC</abbr>) to manage the implementation of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr>. Membership of this Committee will consist of the Assistant Deputy Minister (<abbr>ADM</abbr>) of the Farm Financial Programs Branch, <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>, the <abbr title="Assistant Deputy Minister">ADM</abbr> of Research Branch, <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>, and the Executive Director, <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>, Health Canada. The Treasury Board Secretariat will participate in the Committee as an ex-officio member by providing advick and guidance, but will not be responsible for the delivery of the initiatives under this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr>. The Committee will report to their respective Deputy Ministers (<abbr>DM</abbr>s).</p>
    


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 <li>Concur on annual costed work plans, with milestones, indicators and targets, to deliver on implementation.</li> 
 <li>Review quarterly reports and evaluation reports to assess progress on outputs and outcomes achievement and to provide direction for successful delivery</li> 
 <li>Review quarterly budget and expenditures to date.</li> 
 <li>Assess options to manage fund transfers within and between years to support work commitments under this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr>.</li> 
 <li>Report semi-annually on results achievements to <abbr title="Deputy Minister">DM</abbr>s.</li> 
 <li>Agree on incremental changes to the objectives, as applicable, where objectives are achieved and funding remains.</li> 
 <li>Recommending changes to the objectives of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> for Deputy Ministers' Committee review, where objectives of the <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> change significantly.</li> 
 <li>Recommending for Deputy Ministers' Committee approval the annual amount of funding to be reallocated between fiscal years, if required, using existing mechanisms.</li> 
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 <li>Risk Reduction Strategies Working Group. Membership will include official(s) of <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>'s Pest Management Center, and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>'s Alternative Strategies and Regulatory Affairs Division.</li> 
 <li>Minor-Use and Reduced-risk Pesticides Working Group. Membership will include <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>'s Pest Management Centre and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>'s Chief Registrar.</li> 
 <li>Research Working Group. Membership will include <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>'s Program Director of Research Planning and Coordination, and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>'s Head of Policy and Strategic Advice, Alternative Strategies and Regulatory Affairs Division</li> 
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 <li>Quarterly reports and evaluation reports to assess progress on outputs and outcomes achievement and to provide direction.</li> 
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 <li>With regard to developing risk reduction strategies for the agriculture and agri-food sector, <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> and <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will jointly facilitate the development of a risk reduction strategy for each commodity, which identifies and prioritizes risks to be reduced and sets out the actions that are required to reduce the risks.</li> 
 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will establish a working group. See Section 6 for the working group's roles and responsibilities.</li> 
 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will, through the working group, jointly identify, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, priorities for the development and implementation of commodity-based risk reduction strategies, based on criteria that include stakeholder interest and commitment. Priorities for the development of the strategies will be based on factors such as interest from grower groups in finding and implementing new approaches, the need to address key pest management problems, the importance of the crop in the diet of consumers, especially children, and the value and size of the area of crop production and thus the opportunity for the application of reduced-risk approaches.</li> 
 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will lead, with <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> participation, in work with stakeholders to develop crop profiles on a national basis, according to a mutually agreed template. The crop profiles will describe how commodities are produced, with emphasis on pest management practices, including the role of integrated pest management in commodity production, and will identify the critical pest management issues to underpin the development of a commodity risk reduction strategy. <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> may use the pesticide-use information contained in these crop profiles when assessing the risks of new pest control products and those under re-evaluation. <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will make profiles publicly available, via its website, and will develop an approach for updates of the profiles as required.</li> 
 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will work with interested stakeholders including growers, the pesticide industry, consumer and environmental groups and provincial colleagues to facilitate the development of risk reduction strategies. These strategies will identify the priority needs of stakeholders for sustainable pest and crop management, and can include, for example, the need for research into pest problems and crop management problems, requirements for new products, requirements for educational and information tools, and needs for promotion to adopt beneficial management practices, as well as ways in which to measure accomplishment.</li> 
 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will cooperate in developing criteria, approaches and processes to measure the adoption and impact of risk reduction strategies.</li> 
 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will undertake activities to support the development and implementation of commodity-based risk reduction strategies. This will include developing risk reduction best practices, and developing training modules and communication activities to support the technology transfer to industry.</li> 
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 <li>Both <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> recognize that stakeholder input is critical in identifying the needs for products for minor-use in Canada, and in determining the priorities for the minor-use initiatives. <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> commit to improve access to agricultural pesticide minor uses, and reduced-risk pesticides for agricultural use by undertaking the following activities.</li> 
 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will establish a working group. See Section 6 for the working group's roles and responsibilities.</li> 
 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will ensure it provides quality, complete and priority submission data packages for the registration of agricultural minor-use pesticides, and reduced-risk pesticides for agricultural use to <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>, in accordance with the workplans that are agreed upon between <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>. This will involve the following: <br><br><ol class="lst-lwr-alph"> 
   <li>Annually, through the working group, <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will determine priorities, liaising with <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>, international bodies (such as the <abbr>US IR</abbr>-4 ofice) and stakeholders. Priority setting will make use of a list of priorities determined annually by stakeholders. A more formalized process has been put in place to determine priority projects for 2004 and beyond. This will ensure that grower groups are more involved, and that the pesticide industry will be involved much earlier in the process.</li> 
   <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will initiate pre-submission consultations with <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>, as needed.</li> 
   <li>Annually, <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will advise <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> of planned trials and number of submissions, after the priorities have been set and field trials plans have been developed for the next season. This will allow <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> to assess whether adjustments in the submission review process will be needed to meet the demand.</li> 
   <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will generate data, including laboratory analyses, for the registration of priority agricultural minor-use pesticides, and reduced-risk pesticides for agricultural use, including biologically based pest control products. Residue data generated for submissions will be Good Laboratory Practices (<abbr>GLP</abbr>) compliant.</li> 
   <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> will manage, coordinate and accelerate activities at the field sites.</li> 
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 <li><abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will strengthen its capacity to review submissions to register agricultural minor pesticide use, and reduced-risk pesticides for agricultural use, and improve its capacity to support the pesticide registration process. This will involve: <br><br><ol class="lst-lwr-alph"> 
   <li>Providing pre-submission consultation to registrants who are seeking registration of agricultural minor-use pesticides or reduced-risk products.</li> 
   <li>Screening submissions for completeness, organization and formatting to ensure that these satisfy the reduced-risk criteria and that they can be processed in accordance with the workplans that are agreed upon between <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>.</li> 
   <li>Reviewing submissions for minor pesticide uses, and reduced-risk pesticides, in accordance with the workplans that are agreed upon between <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>.</li> 
   <li>Registering pesticides if the health and environmental risks, and value are acceptable.</li> 
   <li>Supporting electronic systems for managing the review of pesticide registration submissions and for tracking and analyzing data related to submissions and registrations of reduced-risk pesticides, including products for minor-use. Information about submissions received <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will be available to the public, including growers, as allowed under the new Pest Control Products Act (<abbr>PCPA</abbr>), once it is proclaimed.</li> 
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 <li><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr> and <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>, through the working group, will share research needs, priorities and costed work plans with targets, milestones and indicators. This horizontal initiative will be designed to avoid duplication of research and provide for effective use of resources. The research plans will be shared by both organizations with the 5<abbr>NR</abbr><a href="#1" title="5NR means five natural resources departments, i.e., AAFC, Health Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada."><sup class="fontSize70">1</sup></a> Working Group on Pesticides and Pest Management in order to facilitate its integration with the pesticide research plans of other federal departments.</li> 
 <li>The scope of the applied research and priorities will include research that will support the introduction of minor-use pesticides that pose a reduced risk to the environment. This will include research that will produce information useful within the pesticide regulatory decision making process, which in turn will support the introduction of reduced-risk pesticides, and that will contribute to the development of alternatives to conventional pesticides.</li> 
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        <p>8.1 Each department will be responsible and accountable for the decisions made about their respective funding. Annex A shows the breakdown of all activities and associated funding. The two Parties to this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> will ensure financial controls and prepare expenditure reports for the initiatives of this program. There will be annual costed work plans provided to the <abbr title="Joint Management Committee">JMC</abbr> (described in Section 6 of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr>). When fund; intended for work under any of the three initiatives cannot be utilized, options will be presented to the <abbr title="Joint Management Committee">JMC</abbr> regarding potential transfers within and between years to support work commitments under this program.</p>
    


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        <p>9.2 In addition, <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> will report to Parliament annually, as required under the new <abbr title="Pest Control Products Act">PCPA</abbr>. This annual report will include, among other things, a status report on the registration of pest control products that pose lower risks, reevaluations and special reviews under the <abbr title="Pest Control Products Act">PCPA</abbr>.</p>
    


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        <p>11.1 Dispute resolution involves early recognition of conflict, promotion of cooperation and building stronger relationship through effectively and fairly managed conflict. The Parties agree to resolve any dispute arising from implementation of this <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</abbr> through informal negotiations and development of mutually satisfactory options. Where informal negotiations by the Director General of the Adaptation and Financial Guarantee Programs, <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>, and the Director of the Alternative Strategies and Regulatory Affairs Division, <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>, have failed to resolve the matter to the mutual satisfaction, the Parties agree to refer the matter to the <abbr title="Joint Management Committee">JMC</abbr> (see Section 6). Where informal negotiations by the <abbr title="Joint Management Committee">JMC</abbr> have failed to resolve the matter to the mutual satisfaction, the Parties agree to refer the matter to the Deputy Ministers' Committee. In case the dispute still remains unresolved, the Secretary of the Treasury Board may be invited to intervene to resolve the dispute. As a last resort, if the dispute is still unresolved, it will be referred to Ministers (including the President of the Treasury Board) for final resolution.</p>
    


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   <th colspan="8" scope="colgroup">Incremental Funding, in Millions of $</th> 
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   <th scope="col">A-base</th> 
   <th scope="col">Year 1 (02-03)</th> 
   <th scope="col">Year 2 (03-04)</th> 
   <th scope="col">Year 3 (04-05)</th> 
   <th scope="col">Year 4 (05-06)</th> 
   <th scope="col">Year 5 (06-07)</th> 
   <th scope="col">Year 6 (07-08)</th> 
   <th scope="col">Year 7 (08-09) &amp; Ongoing</th> 
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   <th colspan="10" scope="colgroup">Commodity-based risk reduction strategies:</th> 
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   <td colspan="2">Jointly with <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr>, <strong><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr></strong> will facilitate the development and implementation of a risk reduction strategy, for each commodity, that identifies and prioritizes risks to be reduced, sets out tools and research needs</td> 
   <td>0*</td> 
   <td>3.3</td> 
   <td>3.5</td> 
   <td>2.5</td> 
   <td>2.5</td> 
   <td>2.5</td> 
   <td>2.5</td> 
   <td>2.5</td> 
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   <td rowspan="2">Jointly with <abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr>, <strong><abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr></strong> will facilitate the development and implementation of a risk reduction strategy, for each commodity, that identifies and prioritizes risks to be reduced, sets out tools and research needs</td> 
   <td>Risk Reduction strategy work:</td> 
   <td rowspan="2">0.5</td> 
   <td>0.97</td> 
   <td>2.63</td> 
   <td>1.9</td> 
   <td>1.9</td> 
   <td>1.9</td> 
   <td>1.9</td> 
   <td>1.8</td> 
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   <td>Reduced-risk product evaluation work:</td> 
   <td>0.73</td> 
   <td>1.17</td> 
   <td>1.9</td> 
   <td>1.9</td> 
   <td>1.9</td> 
   <td>1.9</td> 
   <td>2.2</td> 
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   <td rowspan="2"><strong><abbr title="Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada">AAFC</abbr></strong> will ensure that submission data packages are developed for agricultural minor-use pesticides, and reduced-risk pesticides for agricultural use, and that they are submitted to <abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr> in a timely fashion</td> 
   <td>Work with Research Branch A-Basing funding:</td> 
   <td>1</td> 
   <td>2</td> 
   <td>2</td> 
   <td>2</td> 
   <td>2</td> 
   <td>2</td> 
   <td>2</td> 
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   <td>1.2</td> 
   <td>6.5</td> 
   <td>6.5</td> 
   <td>6.5</td> 
   <td>6.5</td> 
   <td>6.5</td> 
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   <td rowspan="3"><strong><abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr></strong> will strengthen its capacity to review submissions to register reduced-risk pesticides, including products for minor-use, and improve its capacity to support the pesticide registration process</td> 
   <td>Pre-submission consultation:</td> 
   <td rowspan="3">0.5</td> 
   <td rowspan="3">0.8</td> 
   <td>0.9</td> 
   <td>0.9</td> 
   <td>0.9</td> 
   <td>0.9</td> 
   <td>0.9</td> 
   <td>0</td> 
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   <td>2.9</td> 
   <td>2.9</td> 
   <td>2.9</td> 
   <td>2.9</td> 
   <td>2.9</td> 
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   <td>Harmonization work and regulatory activities (including Maximum Residue Limits promulgation):</td> 
   <td>0.4</td> 
   <td>0.4</td> 
   <td>0.4</td> 
   <td>0.4</td> 
   <td>0.4</td> 
   <td>0</td> 
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   <td colspan="2"><strong><abbr title="Pest Management Regulatory Agency">PMRA</abbr></strong> will identify and obtain necessary research studies to help develop environmentally beneficial practices and introduce pesticides that pose a reduced risk to the environment</td> 
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   <td>0.3</td> 
   <td>0.5</td> 
   <td>0.6</td> 
   <td>0.6</td> 
   <td>1.2</td> 
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   <td>0*</td> 
   <td>0*</td> 
   <td>1</td> 
   <td>1</td> 
   <td>1</td> 
   <td>2</td> 
   <td>3</td> 
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