Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I would just like to indicate that during the winter CFIA was notified of potential mistreatment of animals at that plant. We conducted a thorough investigation of the plant's operations, and we did not find any animal welfare violations. Similarly, the provincial Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals conducted an investigation and also confirmed that the plant was following humane practices.

Agriculture committee  I can tell you that in fiscal year 2006-07, we conducted 36,435 humane transport vehicle inspections; and of those, 463 instances of non-compliance were identified. So that translates roughly to a greater than 98% compliance rate for that year.

Agriculture committee  I was going to say that in terms of activity by our operations staff across the country, we spend a lot of time...we conduct blitzes, we look at inspection at auction marts, along with livestock yards, the transporters. A lot of our activities are involved in educational efforts to train people so they understand that those are not proper conditions.