Thank you, Mr. Chair. Congratulations on your election.
I thank all the witnesses very much for their highly relevant testimony.
We're meeting here today to look at the Auditor General's report on the Canadian agri-food system. This sector is obviously very complex. We are talking about production, which is often done abroad. In Canada, as we know, there's not much growing right now.
So we have a huge need for food security, to ensure that we have basic food, but also healthy food. Indeed, we are lucky to live in a country where it is possible to provide citizens with a healthy and balanced diet.
In this agri-food chain, several sectors are distributed differently in Canada. Several Canadian provinces do not have access to the sea. Thus, access to the fishery and the oceans is obviously not possible. On the other hand, other sectors were mentioned, such as beef production.
My question is for Mr. Hayes.
To what extent was your written with efficiency in mind? Ensuring food security, investing capital in times of crisis and having a plan is good. We have already discussed the plan.
Have you assessed the issue from the perspective of efficiency? You have to give people resources that they will use better.