Mr. Speaker, today, I want to take time to recognize the importance of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Created in April 1997, the agency is mandated to protect the safety of Canada's food supply, animal health and the plants that go into safe, high-quality food products.
The agency has a proven track record. We have only to think of the discovery of the golden nematode in the Saint-Amable area, where the agency, working with its American counterpart, managed to reopen the border in just six weeks, allowing Quebec producers to export their excellent products.
Whereas the Bloc Québécois—a party with no decision-making authority—was powerless to lift the embargo, Canada's new government got real results for producers in Quebec, in the interests of all Quebeckers.