I want to move to a series of questions, but I don't think I'm going to get them all in.
I see competing forces at work between the beef industry and the high-priced grain industry. I know where both of you are coming from. We can't continue to have low prices on the grain side, and we cannot afford to sell beef at the price we're selling it at today. We can't argue for open borders and then turn around and ask for tariffs. I know you would like to see some tariffs removed on some of the incoming product, but this is going to cause some other industry problems.
The canola industry is looking to the biodiesel industry to be a large user of their product. I'm wondering if the science that developed canola in the first place, the technology and seed stock, is being taken on by Americans. Are they going to start growing a lot of canola and undermine our industry, or bring the prices in line with what you see as fair and competitive? Have no other countries taken on this challenge?
I would also like someone to comment on the SRNs, which are now being required to be removed. This represents a cost to your industry, Mr. Toews. Is there not a payback for those SRNs, which can and should be used? I believe they will be used in the rendering process for the biodiesel industry. But is there not an offsetting mechanism that would reduce your costs and allow the biodiesel industry to pick up on that? We're still in the early goings, but surely there's been some thought given to this.
Please address whether other countries are competing for this canola market.