Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses who are before us today.
Mr. Greidanus, I want to thank you personally. We've had the opportunity to meet a few times, and I know you're from multiple generations of bee farmers and have contributed significantly to the economy in Alberta. I want to thank you for that.
Canada has a 5,000 or 6,000 kilometre border, and the likelihood that.... I want to touch on the packaged bees that are not coming into Canada from the U.S. because the science has not been updated, and to talk about the risk factors, according to your expertise.
The likelihood of U.S. bees coming into Canada, in border towns where there are two farmlands very close together...and I've been in B.C. recently. You have East Boundary Road and 0 Avenue that are about three metres apart with a small fence. Since the pandemic they put that fence up, but it certainly doesn't stop bees from crossing the border. I don't think they go through border control before they cross the Canadian border.
According to your expertise, how could we safely import U.S. packaged bees into Canada?