Thank you, Chair.
First, I'd like to thank our guests for coming, and I'll make a couple of comments because I just have to challenge something that was said.
It's interesting that since 2006 the Conservative government has provided funding for 733 net new inspectors and 170 meat inspectors. So I want to challenge the assertion from members opposite that this is not the case.
It would actually help all of our arguments if.... And I say this respectfully to our friends from Food Secure Canada, that you give the impression somehow that the profit motive—