Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's good to see you, Minister.
The pest management centre of AAFC provides critical data to the PMRA on behalf of farmers, and particularly farmers of minor crops, yet their budget has been flat for a decade. Inflation has chewed away at their effectiveness. Numerous positions are vacant.
Can you explain to the community if you intend to increase the number of reports and projects they can support? They've really decreased over the last several years because of those concerns.