Agriculture committee  I don't know.

Agriculture committee  Absolutely.

Agriculture committee  July 4.

Agriculture committee  Following that, and on the same day.

Agriculture committee  They have a duty of loyalty to their employer. Yes.

Agriculture committee  Well, there are 17 to 20 departments and agencies that are subjected to the strategic review yearly, so thousands, I think, would be an overstatement.

Agriculture committee  May I respond?

Agriculture committee  It is a reasonable assumption to make, except that all the cuts or reallocations are not necessarily in regulatory agencies that have specific mandates.

Agriculture committee  They are reallocating resources to functions other than that of inspection. So the bottom line is that more money is coming in from the government to reallocate to different ways of doing things. But in the context of the document we were talking about, it means modifying significantly the way food inspection is being conducted and food labelling is being done, and--

Agriculture committee  I'm talking of the extreme exposure I've had to many of my members, who have repeatedly come to me, as experts, with these concerns.

Agriculture committee  This employee who was brutally fired was not blowing the whistle. He was sending a document not to a journalist, to the public, to the integrity officer; he was sending a document to his union for advice. He's a shop steward, by the way.

Agriculture committee  What's your question?

Agriculture committee  You have to be careful. There were no changes because the brakes were put on after there was a leak and information was published in the newspapers. So these people have to be extremely careful and prepare their spin. The intention from the outset was to adopt a communications plan and strategy that would reassure the public.

Agriculture committee  That's correct.

Agriculture committee  I'm a social worker.