Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, folks, for coming and giving your presentations.
Two questions, I guess, to both the trucking association and the Federation of Agriculture.
How does our regulatory environment on food and food products compare in Canada versus the United States? As a trucking association, you're operating in both countries.
Bette Jean, you're well aware, I think, of the cost structure in the United States. How do we compare as a country?
Certainly I'm of the view that food safety should be a public responsibility, to a great extent. There's no question that what you have to do in the trucking industry adds costs. Who do they get passed on to? I suspect they get passed down to the primary producer at the end of the day. The same with the CFA in terms of costs at that level.
How do you think we compare with the regulatory environment in the United States? What is the impact of these costs on the primary producer, from where all food has to start?