Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
My question, which is for Mr. Emerson, was raised by Mr. Laurent Pellerin in a news release published on January 24, 2007. It reads as follows:
Is the federal government's stubbornness in wanting to weaken the CWB, a cooperative tool, not in keeping with certain statements made by government's spokespersons—and subsequently denied, which, shortly before the Christmas holidays, questioned the future of single-desk marketing and supply management in Canada?
I fear that, by working together, you are both weakening them. I would like to hear your comments on the matter.