At the end of the day, under the producers pay--and that's a huge problem--our competitors.... I think, Mr. Chair, these kinds of fees or kinds of services are GATT green or allowed under the WTO. Certainly in my view it's the country that should pick them up, not the primary producers, because the country benefits as a whole.
In your opening remarks as well, you quoted the mandate set out in the act, and the key words of it are “in the interests of producers establish and maintain standards of quality”, etc. There's no question, wherever you go worldwide, people who buy our grain swear by Canadian quality, and you're to be congratulated for ensuring that's there.
In terms of looking at this COMPAS report, where the original mandate was in the interests of producers, if many of the recommendations in this report are implemented, will it change that mandate? Will the balance of being primarily there for the interests of producers change to being more so for somebody else?
I know, Mr. Chairman, that I'm running out of time, but the ethanol question that David asked about is key, I think. The key for the primary production sector is that we don't want to lose quality but we have to find a way--and it has to be done fast--of growing other crops for other purposes and not jeopardizing our quality control system. That has to happen and it has to happen now.