Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for the question.
When you look at it in terms of competitiveness and market access and exports, it is very important for Canada to be able to rely on a strong regulatory framework on food safety and animal and plant health. In that regard, a good illustration is the work on traceability we are doing with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. We're trying to move forward and introduce and implement a national livestock traceability system, working with the sector and the provinces, because good animal health is very important for food safety in Canada, but also it provides assurances that our international trading partners, the buyers, look for when they purchase commodities and goods from Canada.
In terms of traceability, we already have a system for hogs, and efforts right now are focusing on implementing cost-effective traceability of the movement of other livestock. We are focusing on sheep, bison, cattle, goats, working very closely with industry and building on initiatives that exist in the industry to strike the right balance to provide the benefits of traceability and also to make sure it is done in a way that is feasible for the sector.
That is an illustration.