Mr. Speaker, is the government's concern over political fallout blinding it to its responsibility in this matter?
As my colleague stated, in July, four provinces informed CFIA that a listeriosis outbreak was occurring. We also know that CFIA officials and industry met in July and yet three weeks later the minister attacked opposition MPs for fearmongering for forcing an emergency committee meeting. Then he clammed up and went into hiding.
Did the Prime Minister order a cover-up here or was it his rogue minister gone astray?