I think on the debate about the relative role and resources in a world-class, global, best practice, food safety outcome as to who has the greater responsibility for food safety, government or industry, the evidence is not either/or, it's not one or the other. In fact, I think if the policies of the government or industry go down the path of either/or, then the Canadian consumer will lose. The appropriate best answer is “both”.
Mr. Allen, I have been living in a food manufacturing environment for my 30 years in this business. We have an ambition to produce great-quality product. I have a manufacturing group and I have a quality assurance group. Any time I've tried to make that responsibility for producing safe food or high-quality food as one or the other, it's never had a satisfactory outcome. The right answer is “both”, in our view, and there's a role for each. I think finding the right balance and the integrity of the role for each, for both the regulator and the operator, is critically important for this committee and for the regulator and policy-making going forward.