Well, I was going to say that it's great to be back on committee. I was here on my first committee in 2000 and we dealt with all the trade deals we have now with South America and Central America. So Europe is on our list here. I'm on the agriculture committee so we're dealing with the European agreement.
I just came back from an agriculture tour out west visiting many farmers. They are quite pleased with their crop of course—it's a bumper crop—but pretty ticked off with the rail system. Many of them say the reason is rail has potash and oil as their priority. Many also say it's because they're missing the single desk selling where they used to be able to coordinate many of the grains on the move. I don't want to get the Conservatives all wound up with that one, but that's what I heard from many farmers.
My first question to you is, what can this government do to make sure the railroad is doing its job to make sure your grains are getting in at the right time to Europe? Right now we hear that many ships are waiting off Vancouver to be loaded. They're not getting loaded on time. These grains are going to go to Europe so what can we do to make sure the rail is being used more efficiently and that agriculture products at least get the same priority as the other commodities?