Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to each of the witnesses for being here. I think we've all found it very interesting.
I think back to when SARA was being proposed and debated. Dr. Quinney, you said in your presentation that you could say “I told you so” when you brought the point that we may be creating a bureaucracy that would take away valuable and limited resources.
When SARA was being debated, some of the concerns raised at that time were that it would create this bureaucracy, that compensation to farmers should be fair, and there were some big concerns about compensation and mens rea, intent. So here we are later, and some of those concerns continue.
We've generally heard, though, that SARA should not be scrapped; it should be retained and improved. Dr. Quinney, you did include recommendations. I'm assuming that along with the recommendations, you're assuming SARA will stay in place and be improved. Is that a proper assumption?