Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of our presenters this morning. Your presentations were very informative in terms of the organizations you represent and the issues you are facing.
My questions are for the pork industry working group. I come from Saskatchewan, and those issues are huge in our province.
As I'm sure you're aware--in fact, the timing of your submission preceded this announcement by our government--on August 15 we delivered a comprehensive restructuring plan, which included an international pork marketing fund of $17 million for eligible market research, as well as long-term loans with government-backed credit, and finally the hog farm transition program.
I'm wondering, first, if you can provide comments on that, and then provide some comments on our government's announcement today--namely, that we are launching a World Trade Organization dispute settlement process over U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling. Today the Honourable Stockwell Day and the Minister of Agriculture announced their request for a WTO panel. Perhaps you could comment on that.
Finally, I'd like to hear more about your first recommendation to provide an organization of stakeholders with financial assistance. Who would that organization be, and how much are you looking for?