Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
On page 12 of the departmental plan, at the end of the top paragraph, it mentions the following:
...effective January 2018, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency created a new shared branch focused on international market access and regulatory trade issues to provide more coordinated support to industry in advancing our international trade agenda.
That was a question I had raised with the minister. I know there are some disagreements between the Liberals and the Conservatives about how the CFIA's budget has been used, or the amounts, over the years. I was wondering if you could tell me a little more about this shared initiative, because this was very much a topic that came up repeatedly during our cross-country trip.