Very quickly, we're approaching five years since we started this process with the animal found in Alberta. I think we were aware then that we would be coming to the point where we would ban SRM products from animal feed.
We have a government that has committed $80 million; we have provinces that have not committed any part of that money. We're not coming together on it. I think both feds and provinces are totally responsible.
But I also have a problem. Who got us into this situation where we're now committed to July 12? We're committing ourselves to something the Americans are not.
I understand that for us, consumers around the world, and our markets--which we have now or are proposing to get--there's a benefit there. Are we going to benefit in the Taiwan market, the Japanese market, the Indian market because we've taken the extraordinary step that Americans have not? Are we going to follow behind in the footsteps of the Americans and take whatever spoils are left? I find it's always that they call the tune and we pay for it. I'm frustrated.
What has made it a requirement for us to do this when the Americans are not doing it? We did it on the feed ban. We had a joint date, I believe, in 1997, when we agreed to stop using the feed. Why are we not together on this one?