The government claims that the Canadian Wheat Board will nevertheless continue to exist. If that's true, do you believe the two systems, namely voluntary marketing and collective marketing, can co-exist and be viable?
Quebec has had some experience with voluntary marketing systems. However, attempts at having both systems co-exist have always failed. The last attempt was during the 1990s. As I mentioned earlier, we heard some rather eloquent testimony yesterday on this subject. A study was carried out on different products such as potatoes and apples and the findings showed that two separate marketing systems cannot co-exist.
Based on your experience, do you think this scheme can work, as the government claims it can?