Agriculture committee  To follow up on this, if that decision wasn't made, then we wouldn't be having the problem. Is that right?

Agriculture committee  We have to switch chapters. Is that right?

Agriculture committee  Okay. Maybe that's the crux of our problem here. Thank you very much.

Grain Transportation  Mr. Speaker, once again, the farmers get a bad deal from our federal government. In 2004 alone, farmers paid $4,329 per car, per year, for railway hopper car maintenance while the cost to the railways was only $1,686. Will the Prime Minister ask our Auditor General to investigat

Grain Transportation  Mr. Speaker, a classified document has shown us once again that agricultural producers have paid much too much since 1992. Can the Prime Minister tell us exactly when the government will reimburse farmers the $730 million they have already paid, and can he tell us if he is prepa

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Mr. Atamanenko, you have five minutes, please.

Agriculture committee  Thanks very much for appearing, gentlemen. I've been following this whole file for a little while. My party also supports having the Auditor General investigate this apparent misuse of funds, and hopefully that will happen and we'll get some answers. Right here we're trying to

Agriculture committee  Can I just follow up on this?

Agriculture committee  So the farmers, since 1992, have been paying $4,329 per car, per year for maintenance?

Agriculture committee  In 2004.

Agriculture committee  And we're assuming that's similar to—

Agriculture committee  The government is saying they want to bring this revenue cap down so the farmers will pay less, and you're saying the $3,000 difference would be used to pay for new cars. Would that mean the farmers would continue to pay the $4,300 under FRCC? I don't quite understand how—

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Anderson. Mr. Atamanenko, do you have a final point?

Agriculture committee  No, thank you, Mr. Chair.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Miller. Mr. Atamanenko, for the final five minutes.