No. He raised it. It was raised in front of committee. It was testimony in front of committee.
Anyway, what I'm saying is that when I read through these press releases, I find them alarmist, and they're actually not very complimentary to the inspectors you represent, because they certainly leave the impression that the inspectors are not doing their job, and I think that's not fair to the inspectors. They're working hard; they're applying themselves to improve food safety here in Canada. And I would say it's not just me saying this as a government member. There are reports that have been issued.
For example, there was a report on the OECD countries, on food safety, that said: “Canada is one of the best-performing countries in the 2010 Food Safety Performance World Ranking Study. Its overall grade was superior--earning it a place among the top-tier countries.” There are other good quotes from other reports.
Mr. Kingston, given that you're representing food inspectors, I would think you would want to present both sides of a picture and basically compliment the inspectors on contributing in a significant way to such a statement as this in a third-party report.
I've got no problem with raising a couple of objections or concerns, no problem with that, but the way in which you're going about it is alarmist, and I think it unduly alarms Canadians when in fact we have third-party reports that are saying our food safety system is a good food safety system. It's not perfect, but it has seen improvement over the years.