Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank CFIA for returning to the table. I think the interruption has been good, because we've had a chance to hear from some other witnesses. We may therefore have different questions today from those we had the other day.
We've heard a couple of things from other witnesses, people who are working directly with animals. I think Dr. Metzger was probably most closely involved with the day-to-day issues around transportation. There's been considerable indication given that the health of animals is put at risk by loading and unloading, and these changes to the regulations will require in a number of places and conditions the unloading or reloading animals.
We've heard that more than 99% of animals other than chickens are being transported safely. Why are we putting animals at risk? I think we've heard that we are putting animals at risk by requiring their loading and unloading at particular points.