Thank you.
Just to bring back the focus, the focus of the audit was the management of risk to Canada's plant resources. And the audit focused on whether there was a risk-based approach to prevent the entry of alien plants, pests, and diseases into Canada.
There is a general consensus, Ms. Swan, as you say, that it costs less to deal with invasive plants, pests, and diseases before they become established. When the auditor was auditing, when we are looking at new invasive plants, pests, and diseases, the way you do your scientific survey, only a small proportion of the survey was focused on new invasive plants. In fact, 84% was focused on existing pests. How is the CFIA going to ensure this balance? How are we prepared for the other alien species that may come in?
Eliminating the backlog for risk assessment.... Some of this backlog goes back to 1999. In that period—you were to complete it in 2010—what are we looking at? What are some of the risks we are anticipating? When you do a risk model you anticipate what's going to come down the pipeline. Is 2010 adequate, or will you have to react to something?
I'd like to ask the Auditor General: They have 13 statutes to deal with--is it too cumbersome?
Thank you.