Mr. Chairman, I could speak to that.
There is virtually no difference between the proposal that our board put forward and one that the Tobacco Farmers in Crisis have also put forward to government. Within our community of growers, there is overwhelming support for our strategy. Within the community itself, just very recently, The Expositor newspaper in Brantford ran a poll asking the question, “Should the remaining tobacco farmers be bought out by government?”, and I believe 89% of the respondents answered yes. So there is community support for this.
I can't speak specifically to Quebec, but a component of our proposal is also to increase the level of compensation that those farmers who exited in the 2005 TAAP program received. I believe Quebec would support that position. I think they clearly stated that this program, while helpful, was inadequate to meet their needs. Many in our community and we, as a board, believe that as well. It was welcome help. It was required, but that program was not without some problems, as was clearly stated.
The mechanism that was chosen to establish the price, the reverse auction, essentially pitted one desperate farmer against another, and resulted in that price being artificially low. It was not universally accessible. That was another problem. It was a partial solution. We all recognize that. One of the stated objectives of that plan was to allow some growers to leave, in hopes of creating a more stable environment for those who remained. It did that very briefly, but our situation has deteriorated very rapidly since then. Again, as I wanted to mention, it was helpful; it just didn't go far enough.
I apologize--I may have missed another component of your question.