There are a number of suppliers that will provide wholesale or what we call jobber parts. The only time that we are really required to sell the manufacturer's part as opposed to a jobber part is when we do warranty work on behalf of the manufacturer. It makes a lot of sense to do it that way. At one time the province of Saskatchewan legislated that parts could not be sold for higher than the suggested list price that was provided by the manufacturer, and the manufacturers on a continual basis had to provide their pricing updates to the province. That went away in 2003 because the province dictated that we should let the market decide. There was a fairly good supply of jobber parts in Saskatchewan, and the market would dictate that farmers had the option: if they didn't want to buy real genuine parts from the manufacturer, they could purchase them from a wholesaler.
On February 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.