On a point of order, Chair, I don't know why these members want to put so much misinformation on the table. The fact of the matter is that this committee looked at that missing $550 million—not this committee under your chairmanship but under a previous chair; I believe it was two chairs ago. Mr. Ritz, the current minister, was chair when we looked at where that money went. We came to the understanding that basically the packing industry was where that $550 million went, one program out of eleven. It wasn't the last program, it was the first program, and there were some lessons learned. The packing industry, by reducing prices, managed to pocket much of that $550 million. That's what we concluded. But when we asked for the packing industry to be brought before Parliament, who opposed it? It was Gerry Ritz, the current minister. He didn't allow Parliament to go after the packing industry the way we should have.
On December 8th, 2009. See this statement in context.