Very briefly, just before I get started, I want to pass on my appreciation to the opposition members for the goodwill they've shown around working with this piece of legislation.
In fact, Mr. Chair, may I suggest we have the fireplace on more often? It seems to bring out a lot of goodwill.
I think what you're going to see here in any of these amendments isn't necessarily that we will agree or disagree on the theory behind them or on the wording and implications. Even when you look at this last amendment, I think if you talk to CFIA, their process review is ongoing. If you were to do a benchmark at this point in time and go five years ahead from now and look back, you would see that the system is totally different. They're always changing, always in flux, always in motion. There are always new best practices coming into play, depending on the sector. So doing a benchmark right now would really be a waste of time in a lot of cases.
I'll leave it at that.