You're not the first person, actually, who has said that. On Monday we heard from Mr. McCain. His comment was that he had every confidence in you and the job you were doing. He said that he is fully cooperating, which you have confirmed today. I think these thoughts were then echoed by the CFIA, when the president, Ms. Swan, said that she and her organization are fully cooperating and have every confidence as well.
I find it interesting that the opposition would laugh at that. Once again, it indicates, I think, that they really don't have as much interest in getting to the bottom of this as they do in trying to make some political points out of it.
Actually, because of the disregard they seem to have for the process, I would like to just quote from The Toronto Star, from an editorial that talked about you specifically. It said: “The critics are overreaching. Weatherill's past experience can only aid her search for best practices. And it's not clear to us that Canada needs another costly and lengthy forum for lawyers to cross-examine those involved in the outbreak. All indications are that the main players will co-operate.”
In the Ottawa Citizen, there was an editorial that said: “The appointment of Sheila Weatherill, a former Edmonton health authority president, to head a federal probe into last summer's deadly listeriosis outbreak is a welcome step to restoring confidence in Canada's food safety system.”