Thank you very much, Mister Chairman.
I will limit my observations to three points so as to give you enough time for questions.
There are three ideas why I think it's important to look at the issues we're here together for. One is global, the other is continental, and the third is Canadian.
The international/global situation is one in which there are so many changes and so many new competitors that Canada's traditional position is not as sure as it once was. That's not to raise any questions about any player in the value process; it's just a true fact that the international situation puts us in a state of potential competitive threat we haven't had to face in the past.
A second reason to look at these issues is the continental situation and the unique role of ethanol in biofuels, as one member raised a moment ago, simply as a result of the security situation. It's the international security situation that gives ethanol an extraordinary place it might not otherwise have.
The third reason to look at these issues is that values and public expectations about accountability, transparency, efficiency, and ways of doing things change with every generation. On a lot of these issues, especially the ethical issues, public expectations rise greatly with each generation, and that's another good reason to look at some of the issues we raised.
We presented 100-odd recommendations. Rather than go through them, I thought—and Tom agreed with me—we could simply open it up to questions.