I have spoken with Secretary Johanns about that several times. I've gone down to Washington, D.C., and have spoken with him in person. I've had a meeting with him about it and I've had several telephone conversations, as I have had with Secretary Mayorga from Mexico, who also, of course, wants the border open, especially for breeding stock for heifer replacements, and so on.
It seems that Secretary Johanns is keen to get the border open, but with the second case of BSE--which happened, unfortunately, in my riding, of all places--when we had two cases in quick succession like that, there's no doubt that it set it back a number of months. Secretary Johanns is still hopeful we can get the border open this calendar year. He still thinks that can happen. That has been his objective all along. He was candid that those two cases, which came one, two, like that, mean they're going to have to do their due diligence on it from their side, but certainly from the administration side they're keen to open the border. They're pleased with the R-CALF decision in Montana. They are working with our folks.
When I was down there last time, the comments from the secretary were that Canada is doing a very good job, that we have a very good system, and that he expects the border to be open. He was very public about it with his own American audience. So I'm hopeful it will still happen this year.