Mr. Chair, unfortunately I cannot speak to the earlier years because we were not the government of the day, but the CFIA was forced to be a responsive agency as opposed to proactive. We made some changes so there is more proactive work done to try to curtail this type of thing before it gets a root hold in the area.
We take the advice of the Auditor General seriously. We accept her recommendations and strive to put them in place. Unfortunately, it is kind of after the horse is out of the barn.
We will continue to work with the area that is affected and with the producers who are affected to try to build them a future that is workable.