Mr. Chair, if the member wants to see arrogance, all he has to do is look in the mirror and he will see arrogance. I answered his question directly. I said what the minister announced on September 10. Maybe the member should go back and read his remarks to see if the answer ties in with his remarks. It does.
I will tell everyone where we were last May 21 when the BSE happened. We were attempting to get the border open. Every effort was made by the Prime Minister, ministers of the crown and as many members as we could get from the CFIA and others to get that border open. That is what the opposition at the time was telling us we should be doing and that is what we were doing.
We all hoped, including members on the other side, that the border would open. It did not. We have to improve our strategy as we go along. That is what we are attempting to do. That is not arrogance. That is stating the facts as they occurred and I have stated them directly.