We are increasingly focusing on preventing these invasive pests from coming to Canada. We recognize that they will not usually arrive within an agricultural commodity, although they can.
We are developing systems approaches and certification programs. We work with trading partners, and ideally we are engaging with trading partners who take a responsibility themselves to ensure they are not transporting pests that we know are of concern where they are from. For example, in shipments coming from Asia, we have discussions and get commitments in advance from ships leaving the harbour so that shippers have met the requirements and have done testing to ensure the pests we're concerned about have been identified and removed. For example, with respect to the Asian gypsy moth, ships are kept off site, two kilometres from the harbour, and we send people to inspect them there to ensure that certification is robust enough and working.