Well, we're certainly appreciative that the agency has taken the initiative to look at the question. Industry has had concerns over many years around the inconsistency inside inspections and the level of it. I'm sure members on both sides have heard those kinds of concerns.
Clearly the agency also has some challenges in dealing with a good many acts—I believe the number is 13—and a large number of regulations. I don't remember the number at the moment, but it's a significant number of regulations. And, the acts don't all give inspectors the same powers and those kinds of things.
We look for those issues to be resolved, in terms of the number of acts, regulations, and powers. That's within the purview of government and Parliament.
We also look for an increased capacity within the agency to assure itself, and Canadians, that going into the future we have competent inspectors and functioning auditors. It's a challenge that industry faces, it's a challenge that companies face on their own, and it's a challenge that industries working within third-party unaudited certification systems face.
We all have a challenge here in Canada around the infrastructure of audit and certification, whether it's governments—provincial, federal, territorial, or municipal on the retail and restaurant side in many provinces—or in terms of industry. It's an area where we've approached governments to work collaboratively together, and we see a lot of interest in that.
The project we have as the coalition, with some funding from Ag Canada, is looking at how we might proceed with that. It's a very important issue. The modernization initiative is one that I believe has been well received across the supply chain.