Thank you for your testimony. In the letter you sent to the committee, Mr. Harrison, you speak of your disappointment in light of the government's decision to change the previous government's decision concerning the possibility of selling the hopper cars. You say that farmers should really understand what the repercussions of this decision mean for them both in the short and the long term. This is more or less what you tried to explain to us earlier on. I would like to have a clearer understanding of what the government decision could represent, practically speaking.
We know that when the government transferred the ports and airports, there was a deterioration of the equipment. This deterioration was due to the fact that the government was no longer maintaining them. This was not to the benefit of the community.
In the present case, I was wondering what the difference was and whether or not farmers were not concerned that if the government were to transfer the hopper cars, it would compromise their integrity.