Thank you, Mr. Morel.
I would think that another option would be to look at industry as a partner when it comes to euthanizing. I know you're saying that 10 days is unacceptable, but for those farmers, our stakeholders, that is a massive mental health issue for them. They know how to handle these things, so I would think that this would also be an opportunity that the CFIA should look at—allowing, or working to build a framework that will allow, the farmers themselves to take on that euthanizing, rather than having to wait for the CFIA. That's something that I would leave with you to take a look at.
This next issue may be a little bit off from what we were expecting to deal with, but it has arisen with Canadian fairs and agricultural societies. I had mine in Alberta call me earlier this week on the new changes being proposed to the health of animals regulations. You're asking farmers markets, 4-H clubs, rodeos and agricultural societies to take on the traceability and identification of animals being brought to those organizations for maybe a calf show or a 4-H show. They are very concerned about having to take on this responsibility. They don't have the manpower or the resources to do this.
Are you working with the agricultural societies across Canada to address this issue? We do not want to lose these groups in our rural communities.