There is no argument from me there, on needing more power to control grain companies. Acting in a biased way in favour of producers would be a wonderful change. It wouldn't bother me a bit.
I have two quick points.
The whole object here, and I think most of us around this table would agree, is that we do need the opportunity to get into other crops, whether it's for ethanol or biodiesel. But what is extremely important is that we not jeopardize the quality of our grains. We're world-renowned, and we cannot undermine that in any fashion.
Do you have any ideas on how we can find that balance, in terms of maintaining the quality while opening up those other opportunities? We will be calling some other witnesses in that area.
On the whole issue of budget, the Canadian Grain Commission has been coming back to the government always short of budget. You're proposing some contracting out. How do you see saving money by contracting out? Any time I've seen us contract out, we've lost control, and it has cost money at the end of the day.
I just don't see it as a cost saving, and there is absolutely no way, when we come up with final proposals here, that we can impose additional costs on producers. We should be taking costs off, even if it means the taxpayers of Canada have to pay for it, because this is about quality control; it's about opening up opportunities; it's about bringing foreign dollars back to Canada.
Please comment on the budgeting issue and the contracting out.