Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon to all of you.
My first question is for you, Mr. Tanguy. What we'd like to know is why it took the government so long—at least, that's how it appeared—to take action. You told us that the agencies have excellent measures in place, but what about the time it took for Canada to respond? In your presentation, you said that elected officials were the ones making the decisions and setting the priorities.
Could you talk more about that?