Thank you, Minister. Welcome to you and your department.
On the marketing choice question, an election is not a referendum--you know that. The fact of the matter is that your party committed to something during the election that you really didn't have the authority to commit to. Farmers are the ones who should decide whether or not there's single-desk selling, whether it's for barley or for wheat.
In order to save time, I sent you a letter, which you received yesterday, asking you to clarify these points in the department's position. The Canadian Wheat Board states that the total annual net benefit--and this is what they presented to the task force--accruing to producers is between $530 million and $655 million. That's the benefit from single-desk selling and other areas relative to the Canadian Wheat Board.
Do you or your department dispute those figures?