This is actually a significant issue for our small abattoirs and for our producers--examples are the seed producers, a number of pork producers, and actually even a number of beef producers--the importance of having provincially licensed.... But if we have a federal system that is actually only above the provincial ones to meet a federal domestic requirement, and all the rest of the federal ones are to meet somebody else's requirements, we only have federally inspected plants, then, that are there to meet Canadian standards, which are different from some of the provincial ones. Is that a fair assessment?
On June 1st, 2009. See this statement in context.