Thank you.
Let me start with the second in terms of import control. The focus on strengthening Canada's import controls stems from the interests that Canadians have expressed in greater assurance that foods imported into Canada meet Canadian requirements. So the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been enhancing its activities in terms of import control as a direct response to that interest expressed by Canadians.
The Government of Canada has invested in CFIA in order to enable that activity, and again, as noted in other areas, the supplementary estimates reflect our ability to continue that work. What we have done with that investment focuses on carrying out blitzes in collaboration with our colleagues at the Canada Border Services Agency, in carrying out targeted activities in response to where we've identified potential areas of risk associated with foods, particularly foods imported from countries whose food safety systems are weaker than our own. Canadians have indicated their interest in this and the agency has responded.
The other aspect that you note, in terms of our investigative capacity in collaboration with our colleagues in the Public Health Agency...it allows us to respond to food-borne illness events in terms of investigation, leading ultimately to the withdrawal from the market of suspect products demonstrated to be associated with such events. These actions, again consistent with the framework the minister has announced, enabled the protection element the minister noted.