Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question.
When rule 2 came into effect, or the proposal around rule 2, the initial intent of rule 2 was to reinstate measures that were in place prior to May 2003. So there were no provisions within rule 2 specifically that dealt with tuberculosis. And as you've indicated, the status of Manitoba changed in that interval between 2003 and November 19 this year, when its status was regained as a TB-free area.
Prior to May 2003, as a result of the Riding Mountain circumstance, the U.S. at that time required that any animal that had been resident in Manitoba was subjected to TB testing even after it left.
In the lead-up to rule 2, adjustments were made to in effect drop that requirement, so the U.S. shrunk that requirement to say only animals coming either directly from Manitoba or that had been resident in Manitoba during the 60 days immediately prior to their export. They did drop the “any time in a lifetime” scenario, which was quite difficult to--