Mr. Speaker, dairy manufacturer, Parmalat, was to be inspected by Canada's food safety watchdog after 800 children got sick with salmonella poisoning last year. But the watchdog was told to sit on it after Parmalat complained to its local MP. Guess who? The agriculture minister.
Ian Ferguson, president of Parmalat, also wrote to the health minister over there.
Why is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency subject to political interference by the agriculture minister?