I'm not sure I got all of that clearly translated, but in our part of the world we don't believe that having freedom to do your own business means you will always fail, and if people aren't forced into pools they're always going to fail. In our part of the world, most people believe they can make their own decisions. We have people at both ends of the spectrum who are farming anywhere from a few acres up to 50,000 acres who feel they are competent to make their own business decisions. That's one of the aspects that comes into this.
As you can tell, there are lots of opinions across the country about this situation. Farmers in our part of the world would like the opportunities that farmers have in other parts of the country, and they would like freedom.
I will come back to the fact that the board of directors at the Canadian Wheat Board can and should be providing leadership in this, because clearly there is a mood and atmosphere for change in western Canada. It would be very simple for them to come up with a few changes to their situation that would provide for choice for farmers with virtually all the authority they have right now. I can think of some of those things. It's very simple. It's not complicated. There's a group there who does not want to move, they don't want to change, and because of that they have not come forward with any of these potential suggestions.
Some live in fear, but most farmers see the opportunity that's going to come from this. The people I'm talking to say this will give us more opportunities. Mr. Steckle had referred earlier to the supposed cost of opening things up. At committee, we heard that if we just changed the KVD system alone, we can probably save $200 million in western Canada. Studies show it could be nearly $1 billion of opportunity and a benefit to western Canada if we can give people the freedom to process and develop their own products. I'm excited about the opportunities, and most farmers are.