Thank you very much, Chair.
Welcome back to our committee, Minister.
I always find it helpful before you appear before our committee to do a review of your mandate letter. The Prime Minister did say that he expects his ministers to publicly report not only to him but to all Canadians on their progress.
A growing number of constituents but also other Canadians are quite concerned with the last point, which is that you were called to ban the export of live horses for slaughter. I've actually sponsored a petition that in a very short while has already garnered 13,000 signatures and is expected to grow quite significantly.
Can you please inform our committee as to what progress you've made and what steps you are taking to implement that very clear directive from the Prime Minister?