Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for being here this afternoon.
I certainly listened with interest to each of your presentations and found them very interesting. I was glad to hear you confirm that the CBC Marketplace episode was in great proportion misleading and sensational. I happened to watch that, and after I watched it I thought, is this really true, or is this just something we're kind of pretending?
I do have some questions. We know that when antibiotics are used in humans, it's solely for the treatment of a bacterial infection, while antibiotics are often included in animal feed to promote growth. Health Canada has approved a number of antibiotics for growth improvement in livestock. I'm wondering how long this practice has been in place.