I can assure you, Mr. Rousseau, that we work with industry, and we work with provinces and territories. We have a very good working relationship across the country and with all sectors of the industry. I've made myself available as often as I can and as quickly as I can in instances like this and in those instances of meeting with the supply managed or the UPA.
I understand there may be some leadership changes there, from Christian Lacasse, who has done an excellent job representing Quebec farmers. I understand Marcel Groleau may be the next president; he's a tremendous gentleman as well. He is serving me well on some advisory boards at this point.
There is no fear that we will arbitrarily change things. We've never done that, even in the case of the Wheat Board. We had the support of three of the four provinces involved in that. We had the support of all of the major livestock, grain producers, and so on in that Wheat Board area, with the exception of the NFU.
We don't operate arbitrarily. We sit down, work our way through, and chat to make sure we're on the right track. We did that with the Wheat Board. We could constantly meet with the UPA, and as you said, my good friend, Minister Paradis, was there to meet with them. He'll report back to me on what he heard, and so on, very soon.
But at the end of the day, we are the party that had support for our supply management in our campaign platform. We are the party that brought it up in the throne speech, and we continue to support them in every way we can, because they help drive the Canadian economy. They do a tremendous job.