Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The minister has spent a fair bit of time criticizing the board, saying that you really should be out there selling grain and that you don't have a contingency plan in place. In my own personal view, I don't believe the minister even understands that you're not a government agency. I really don't believe that. Has he spent any time looking at the board?
And can you elaborate a little further on what you talked about with Mr. Goodale in terms of contingency plans and planning for the future in all eventualities—whether the barley vote loses, whether it wins—and what kind of options you have? The argument is always made that there's no other option but to sell through the board. But through the board you have all kinds of options in marketing choices, far more than you'd get from the private sector, as I understand it.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.