Can I ask you this, Dr. Lawson? The CVMA states that it represents 8,000 vets across Canada. Your website very clearly states the process by which you conclude an official position. Your website, the organization you represent, states that it can take “months of work” and multiple iterations before a draft position is reached. Your approval process references that “All feedback on the draft position is taken into account when preparing a final draft...for CVMA Council’s approval. Final draft versions of positions are reviewed by Council, and approved position statements are then posted on the CVMA website.”
I don't see a position on the website. Can you tell us the internal process whereby you concluded that the CVMA, in that rigorous consultation process that you abide by, as listed on your website, took into consideration the views and perspectives of at least some of those 8,000?
I'll repeat that: What was the process by which you consulted your membership to derive the position that you've brought forward today?