Mr. Chair, no absolutely not. He can pick a one line item out and make a comparison, but looking at the overall budget, the CFIA for food safety in its programing has the largest budget it has ever received in the last two years. The department the same because we do things a little differently. It is not line-by-line. It is the fulsomeness of the overall package that is available for Canadian consumers.
In the House of Commons on May 14th, 2009. See this statement in context.