Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Patterson, when I was a farmer, I raised sheep and lambs. That was very difficult at the time, and I don't think the situation has changed much.
As you said in your presentation, 90% of lambs are processed through provincially inspected facilities. However, 48% of Canadian-born lambs have to be consumed in Ontario. That may be one of the reasons why, even in Quebec—I am the member for the riding of Joliette, north of Montreal—it's difficult to find local lamb. I am not necessarily talking about Quebec, but the fact remains that the lamb always comes from abroad. I would really like to eat lamb from here. It's what I like best, actually.
When it comes to interprovincial trade barriers, I would like to know what measures you would like the government to implement so that lambs, regardless of where in Canada they are raised, could be delivered to all provinces. There are only 10 packing plants in 3 provinces, and that's really not a lot. Health-wise, travelling for too long is not good for animals that are unfortunately going to be slaughtered.
What measures would you like the government to adopt to really help out those producers, so that Canadians could eat lamb raised in Canada?