Edited sentence: ) are not given automatic or fast tracked certification even though they have been tested rigorously by certification  agencies with standards as high, or higher than the CSA.Certain technologies which are often considered to be standard practice in many advanced countries are denied certification in Canada on a routine basis.It is exceedingly slow and cumbersome to certify foreign technologies from other developed countries that have parallel certification systems.Many innovative and modern European technologies (cogeneration systems, wood pellet heaters, etc.The CSA can often appear to operate as though it is the only authority on standards in the world that matters.This leads to unnecessary barriers to innovative technologies in an age when energy efficiency is paramount