Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'll do my best.
To Mr. Greidanus and Mr. Olthof, the Conservative members wrote a letter to Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food more than a year ago asking her a couple of very succinct things. One was to do another risk assessment of importing bees from the United States, and another to continue to invest in research and technology, and also for her to bring up this issue at the next provincial-territorial ministerial meeting.
In more than a year, we still have not had any response from the minister as to why a new risk assessment couldn't be done. We certainly understand, as you have all articulated, the important role played by these pollinators not only in the bee industry but also certainly for every commodity that we grow.
I'm assuming that your groups have made a similar request of the minister. Have you had a response, and what was that response?