Mr. Speaker, my question is for the health minister who has ultimate responsibility for food safety.
The auditor general showed that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has unilaterally and arbitrarily decided not to regularly inspect non-federally registered establishments. We are talking about infant formula, unpasteurized juice, peanut butter and other products in a sector where about half the recalls in terms of food happen and which only gets about 5% of the food safety resources of the government.
This is a violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The minister is in dereliction of duty. Will he correct this matter immediately?