Paul Steckle at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

I'll try to keep it short.

For clarification for all of us around this table, we talk about a price index, and that's a variable. I'm wondering, how long has the price index been in effect? How long have you been using it or calling it a price index? How can you make the proper assessment of costs attributable to the farmers' rates when in fact you really don't know the costs because some of them are hidden? How do you arrive at what you believe is the correct number?