Thanks, Mr. Allen.
Of course we all know that this food safety subcommittee was established to address exactly food safety issues in Canada. That's what we need to do.
On your point about the witnesses, when specific groups or organizations are requested by any committee member, there's never a specific request for an individual from that group unless stated by the committee. Mr. Kingston was specifically requested to be here. Another example that comes to mind is Maple Leaf Foods. Mr. McCain, among others, was requested specifically to come from Maple Leaf Foods, as an example.
Unless that direction was given to the clerk or me, which it wasn't, we acted according to how we would normally act on that.
Mr. Bellavance.