Thank you for the question.
The whole area of KVD is an issue we've been wrangling with, at the commission and in the industry, for probably 40 years or more. We have pretty much decided that there are clearly balance issues with respect to preserving the existing market for milling wheat while at the same time trying to create a new class of wheat that can be used on the domestic feed or ethanol side of the equation.
I think the approach we have taken--and it has been supported by COMPAS in the report--is that there is a need to do both these things simultaneously. I think if you asked anyone in the industry whether we would want to remove the constraints of KVD on the plant breeders, and therefore the ability for farmers to have new varieties to use in new ways on the domestic front--either feeding or ethanol or other uses--they would say that of course we do. It is hooked, fundamentally, to some mechanism to be able to segregate the milling and the non-milling classes.
Obviously the answer, in a simple way, is technology. We do not have anywhere in Canada--or worldwide, for that matter--the ability to use a technological solution to do what we're talking about in a way that is either cheap or effective or capable of reliable use close to an elevator driveway.
I think the answer is that we are moving forward to answer the needs that are on the domestic side. We are doing it in a measured way; we are doing it in a balanced way. It does provide an interim solution to addressing the needs of the livestock feeding sector, as well as the ethanol side. It is clearly not as fast as some would like, and it is probably faster than others would like. We do have competing uses for the wheat we produce, and the issue is how you do it in a measured way as you go forward.
I think COMPAS has recognized the complexity of the issue; I think they've also recognized that our solution has been a long time coming, but it is progress and it is moving in the direction you've just described.