Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses. I very much appreciate your being here and your time on this important discussion.
I would like to address my questions to Mr. Bergmann and Ms. MacKinnon.
We've had discussions before because in my riding of Kitchener—Conestoga we have Conestoga Meats, the second-largest pork processor in Ontario. They did receive funding from the emergency processing fund—over $1 million in funding for that—which would be for supporting meat processing facilities, the safety of workers and those measures to enhance the protection of employees.
Measures have been taken by processors everywhere across the country to keep workers safe—the daily temperature readings, symptoms screening, increased sanitation, staggered shifts and break times. We're very proud of our workers who are working across this food chain and we need to continue to protect them. Preventing short-term shutdowns will prevent long-term disruptions.
Maybe you could start, Ms. MacKinnon. What lessons have we learned with those kinds of investments to keep our employees safe, the ones who are there in those congregate settings, and what can we do to keep that going for the future?