Thank you, Mr. Chair, Ms. Bouffard.
I am not an expert. However, you certainly have a lot of scientists in the Department, because there are a lot of organizations that can set standards and so on. I'm wondering, and I think that Lawrence is really thinking along the same lines as me, how much power the Department has over those organizations. Do we not risk, at some point, having the same thing happen, as in the mad cow crisis in the beef industry, for example, and having the country's reputation suffer, if we rely on third parties, as you said?