Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I read with interest a comment made by Rick Holley of the University of Manitoba. He's a member of the CFIA scientific advisory panel on food safety. When he was asked whether we're better off today than in the summer of 2008 with respect to food safety, he's quoted as saying, “Oh, hell no.”
If scientists who have a role in advising the CFIA have little confidence in the government's efforts to improve the food safety system, my question is, first of all, why should Canadians have any more confidence? And second, can you explain why you think Mr. Holley would have made that comment?