Thank you, Paul.
When we talk about doubling the number of inspectors, it is an estimate. We have already started hiring a number of them. At the beginning of the fiscal year, that is, in April 2008, there were about 42 inspectors. Today, there are 56. We will increase our inspection capacity annually.
In his presentation, Mr. Glover spoke about the Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan. This action plan has a large number of elements based on three pillars: active prevention, targeted oversight and rapid response. We must change our approach to health and to consumer product safety, and we must work differently, especially by creating more partnerships than in the past. For example, we are going to work with the Canadian Border Services Agency in an attempt to identify problems at the point of entry before the products ever get to market in Canada.
Active prevention means working closely with Canadian distributors and manufacturers and providing them with advice so that, as they develop their products, they are well aware of the need to ensure they are safe. By working at that level, we prevent problems at the retail stage and when the products are in the consumers' hands.
So this is a very different way of dealing with the problem. We are looking to establish a structure. The new legislation is an extremely important tool that will allow us to reach our objectives. So we have to increase the number of inspectors in order for the partnerships to be highly effective in program delivery.