Finance committee  The CFIA will make sure that adequate training is provided to the staff who undertake the inspection. That will be one part of our mechanism to ensure that the alternate service delivery arrangement is working.

Finance committee  That's correct—it represents a cost to the taxpayer. These activities were not in a core mandate and did not relate to a core plant-health mandate. They were being subsidized. They were being covered by the taxpayer, and that's why there are savings in the proposal.

Finance committee  This is an important point for people to understand. This proposal is not related to food safety in any way. Even within the plant health domain, it does not relate to the core or plant health responsibilities of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. It relates only to quality mea

Finance committee  In general, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is placing great emphasis on those core mandates, and that is where it is investing its efforts. In all of the measures we've seen, we are redirecting our resources and redoubling the efforts in our core mandate. In this area, we fi

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm here today to describe the amendments to the Seeds Act proposed in Bill C-38, the Act to implement the budget. First, I would like to say that these amendments will in no way reduce the effectiveness of Canada's food safety assurance system. In gener