Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for allowing the witnesses to make their presentations.
I would like to thank you very much for coming today. As I said when you arrived earlier, I had an opportunity to work with Mr. Beaulieu quite a bit when I was working for the member for Joliette, Mr. Pierre Paquette. In Lanaudière—and you are probably from that region—there were many producers of flue-cured tobacco; almost all the farmers growing this crop in Quebec were in that region. So the former government received a number of representations. A program was announced; you spoke about it earlier. We should know how much of the $67 million that was announced went to Quebec. You should also explain the difference in the quotas for us. You say that there is a difference between the system in Ontario and the one in Quebec. You speak about the 1.6 factor. I would like to understand exactly what the difference is and why the June 2005 agreement is not satisfactory for Quebec producers.