Mr. Chair, I want to tell the hon. member that we have moved along with both the United States and Mexico in order to get changes at the OIE, to have it recognize that here in Canada and in the United States we have a different situation from what was the case for instance in Europe, and that we should not be treated that way.
We have approached OIE and we will be meeting with it shortly where we will work with other like-minded countries to try to get the OIE to change its rules to reflect the fact that a minimal situation, such as the one in Canada and United States, should be treated differently from other countries, such as the situation that happened in Europe.