I have a concern as well about the small abattoirs. I was on the committee in 2003 prior to BSE, and I remember having a couple of sessions when we were talking about the fact that the small abattoirs were going to be pressured by some new regulations. BSE basically set that aside for a while. In the last year B.C. has moved in some ways to make it more difficult for the smaller abattoirs to continue to function.
I am just concerned. I'm glad that some of the provinces seem to be reacting to that, but I'm concerned that this is going to be the final straw for some of these folks. The regulations have changed. There seemed to be a movement to force them to a standard that some of them couldn't have reached. BSE put that off. If anybody has any other comments on that, I'd be interested in them.