Thanks to all of you for being here.
Bob, I have just a couple of questions for you.
I remember years ago I used to work as an interpreter, and one of my missions was to accompany a Russian veterinarian when he came to inspect Canadian meat-processing plants—pork plants, actually, 17 pork slaughterhouses—that I had to visit in a span of two weeks. His task was to ensure that our standards met their standards. I remember we were at one plant, and it was effectively shut down because it didn't meet his country's standards.
I was told, and it was my understanding, that we do the same thing in other countries. Yet in your document here it says that CFI is not able to ensure equivalency with Canadian standards in the food safety systems of countries that export food to Canada. Does that mean we are not doing that now, that we are not sending our inspectors to a slaughterhouse facility in Brazil or to some of these countries we import food from? You know, there are things in plants like crossover of the waste, and all that kind of stuff. We're not doing that, is that what this document is saying?