Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses for being here today.
Mr. Doyon, you discussed the regulations respecting the handling of animals in your opening statement. We know that the more you handle animals and transport them over long distances, the more you risk having them contract various diseases. In the present circumstances, animals will have to be transported over longer distances: cattle, since slaughterhouses are increasingly removed from Quebec, and pigs, considering the announced closure of certain slaughterhouses in the region.
Should we reorient or reduce regulations on the handling of animals?
If you had a recommendation to make to the committee, Mr. Doyon, what would it be?