Good afternoon.
My thanks to the witnesses for joining us.
I will continue along the same lines as my colleague Mr. Drouin's question. Decentralization was mentioned, but I will explore it a little further.
During the pandemic, we were told that we have a strong processing capacity in the meat industry, among others. That is good. However, we saw the dramatic effect that the closure of a plant due to the COVID-19 outbreak had on markets and upstream producers. We don't know what the situation will be in three, four or five years. We have to adapt and we have to adjust our system.
Has the department addressed this issue? How can we diversify the supply?
It could be another scenario, but if we are talking about the slaughter process, how do we make room for smaller players, for example?