Mr. Speaker, we launched a major national campaign yesterday on health care, so we definitely do have a vision and want to talk to Canadians.
On September 3, a shipment of beef trim from XL Foods tested positive for E. coli. On September 13, XL's U.S. permit was pulled. Late yesterday, September 27, the XL plant in Brooks, Alberta had its licence suspended. This is almost a full month's delay from the discovery of the contamination to closure of the source. Why did it take so long for officials to act? Why is the government not putting the health and safety of Canadians first?