Ms. Bell, first you have to decide who pays, the taxpayer or the consumer. That's the first critical question. If you don't match what's happening in the U.S., the Canadian industry will just not take off. If producers are not as subsidized here as they are in the U.S., U.S. prices will be lower, and we'll buy from the U.S. This is what's been happening in Ontario for many years. If the blenders do not get the same subsidies, you're going to have the Canadian producers unable to export into the U.S.
Overall, it's going to be very expensive, and who pays, taxpayers or consumers? If consumers pay, then you could probably have more flexible policies, but politically it's going to be difficult. If taxpayers pay, then I think the only way to address the policy is to look at each segment—agriculture, ethanol producers, ethanol blenders—and ensure that the prices and the costs to those segments on both sides of the border are the same.
The U.S. has started something that is very big, which they justify on security of supply. From security of supply, politically they'll digress to everything up to the war on terror. It's a paramount concern. A lot of money is being spent there, and that's something you need to consider.