Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to make an observation. Mr. Easter asked earlier who will be responsible. I know that it will not be the federal government, nor the previous government. Nor will it be the provinces. But there is one thing of which I am certain. It is the farmers who will pay, and as a result of the 1.9% increase in their revenue, personally, I think many of them will have a hard time paying. This is merely an observation.
During his presentation, Mr. Brooks from Saskatchewan said that, with respect to specified risk material, or SRM, their proposed formula was not used.
I would like to know what that formula was, Mr. Brooks, that the federal government... You were not satisfied with the formula that it gave you, but you had no choice but to accept it.