Your report contains the most information on the deficiencies in Canada's food safety system. Obviously you focus on the unfortunate event that occurred at the Maple Leaf plant, but I think that's symptomatic of all the other issues that fortunately don't necessary cause the deaths of 22 persons or make a number of people sick.
You emphasize in particular that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency was the only intermediary between Maple Leaf Foods and public health officials. Toronto's public health officials were unable to take part in the investigation, even though they had asked to participate. You had to make a special request to involve the audit team. Ontario inspectors did not have access to the plant. In fact, they did have access, but only three weeks after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency had established that Maple Leaf Foods was the manufacturer of the product that had produced positive results.
I get the impression there were some obstacles in your path when you tried to do your job. At the same time, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency wrote you a letter blaming you for not sending the tests to the right place. You talked about coordination, but the protocol that was followed during the crisis likely did not work well.