Mr. Chair, I will have to ask longer questions so that he has enough time to respond properly.
I would like to return to the issue of specified risk materials. Earlier, we were talking about Colbex and $50 million for slaughterhouses. In my riding, the loveliest in the world, there is a rabbit producer who has to drive 12 hours in his truck to have his rabbits slaughtered. When they get there, they are stressed out and their fur is standing on end.
Does the minister think it makes sense to have to drive that many kilometres to slaughter rabbits when $50 million has been promised to renovate, refurbish and build new Colbexes? If we do not have the facilities to slaughter these animals, will we not become more and more dependent on the United States?
I am a strong advocate of food sovereignty. I think that if we want to work toward food sovereignty, we have to look to ourselves, not our neighbours.