I will conclude, Mr. Chairman, if I could.
On a daily basis, as members of the WGEA, we do consult at various levels, of course, with our carriers. There is a great amount of dialogue that goes on in a working business day. In my view, and in our mind, what we're talking about today is a safety net, an assurance that where we can't come to an agreement and can't find solutions, there are those avenues and mechanisms that both parties, shippers and carriers, can look to for some guidance and a guarantee that obligations and commitments--to the benefit of our industry and our value producers across this country--are met and satisfied.
Really, our main objective is about balanced accountability. We accept the penalties that we pay. I could tell each of you that I don't necessarily like what we would be penalized, but when we do wrong, and where we create issues, I think it's only fair that we are held accountable. But we do need those mechanisms, where it introduces a more balanced and fair level playing field within the system. In our view, the best way and the only way for that is legislative reform.
If we don't get to that point and we find ourselves in a continued dialogue situation between shippers and carriers, this will get much worse than the concern we're expressing today. We will lose grain sales, both domestically and internationally. We will lose revenue within our industry, across all sectors, right down to the producer, unfortunately. There will be significant vessel demurrage costs. Worse, there will be a lost reputation of Canada being a reliable and consistent-quality shipper and provider of grains throughout the world.
Thank you.