Mr. Speaker, let me again repeat that The Conference Board of Canada rates our food safety system in Canada as number one against 17 OECD countries, including the United States, which the union alleges is incorrect. In fact, the suggestion that meat sold in Canada is unsafe is “...a little bit of scare-mongering”, said the director of the food safety and quality assurance program at the University of Guelph.
Of course, the member knows full well, as does the union, that the differences in procedures for international products are trade-related, not safety-related.