Thanks.
Before we start, I'd just like to say that I, too, welcome Wayne to this table. I certainly have valued his expertise and knowledge over the six years I spent with him on committee. He probably has more experience in this sector than anybody else around this table. I just don't appreciate the cheap sarcastic shots at a colleague, Ben. I don't think that's right. Anyway, I just wanted to put that on the record.
Travis, it's really nice to see you here. You've retired as president, but you're still involved. Thank you for continuing that fight on behalf of cattle farmers.
It's a pleasure. It's always great to see you here.
You mentioned something I found quite interesting, among other things. You mentioned that vets are posted abroad in key markets. I know that when I was an interpreter, one of my missions was visiting all these pork slaughterhouses in Canada where they had vets from Russia. They had come here to check the production lines to make sure that it was acceptable for our meat to be exported to Russia. From my understanding, we do the same thing for meat that's coming in from outside of the country.
Why would we be sending our vets abroad to enhance our export capacity?