Mr. Mayers, it's your answer I would have liked to hear on the subject. You said a few moments ago that no changes had been made to the agency's mandate.
Mr. Evans has just answered, but, for our part today, we're considering the entire matter that the media reported this summer following Mr. Pomerleau's dismissal. There was some question of a plan for the future, which was not publicly announced. However, some of the media no doubt got wind of bits of information about this plan since we were able to read some information on aspects of it.
You're saying there were no changes. However, as you'll understand perfectly well, we, the farmers and the general public, all those who are aware of the fact that food inspection is also a public health matter, want to know whether there will be changes to the agency's mandate and, if so, what their nature will be.
Earlier we were told that everything that had been made public by the media was untrue.