Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my Liberal Party colleague.
We know that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the CFIA, did not have sufficient resources to adequately respond to the current crisis, despite the fact that the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food says that there were more inspectors.
It is important for people to know that most of the inspectors working at the XL Foods plant had not yet been trained on how to use the new compliance verification system, even though that system was introduced four years ago.
They had not received proper training because the CFIA did not have sufficient financial resources and inspectors to train them.
Would my colleague agree that the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food should have taken the necessary measures to reduce the risk of such a crisis?
The minister should immediately cancel the cuts in order to prevent something like this from ever happening again.