Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would just like to clarify a couple of things as I wrap this up. I listened intently to Mr. Easter's comments, and he talks about this being all about messaging. I don't know about his side, but our side is here to talk about food safety, and that's why we have shown up at every one of the food safety committee meetings. The Conservatives have had representatives throughout the entirety of those meetings, unlike the Liberal Party, who couldn't even be bothered to stay for all the witnesses of those meetings.
He talks about the ten percenters. We've got proof right here of Liberal ten percenters from Newfoundland being sent in to Barrie. Canadians are tired of all this talk out of one side of your mouth and then not walking it on the other side.
The other point, Mr. Chair, is that the last time the minister came to the subcommittee to talk about food safety, Mr. Easter ceded his questions. He didn't even fulfill his last round of questions. He gave them up. What were you going to do with the second hour, if you had it? We need to make sure we clarify for Canadians what has really happened in these committee meetings, and that's why I wish every single one of those committee meetings was televised so it could be seen how the opposition sometimes treated our witnesses in those meetings.
I think it's very important, now that we have the report from Ms. Weatherill, that the Standing Committee on Agriculture gives its opinion on this report. When we submitted our report, because the opposition treated it as a partisan football and wanted to get it out before we broke from the spring session, we didn't have a chance to see Ms. Weatherill's report. We're trying to have due diligence here; we're trying to do the right thing. That's why I think it's important that we have this conversation. I think this motion is very important.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.