Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses. It's always a problem; we have a short time. I guess this morning we have two provinces here, too, which complicates things a little bit. From Newfoundland, the presentation seems to be, how do you start if you have no base to look for programs? It's almost unbelievable that such a little bit of money is being put into that Newfoundland agricultural sector when so much of your food has to come from the mainland, with the cost of transportation and all.
With the dairy farmers now you have two major co-ops here in Nova Scotia that most of you are involved with, Scotsburn and Farmers. Does that give you an added advantage in terms of getting a better amount of the money that is available back to the farm community? Do you see dividends over and above your actual milk sales? How do they work, the two co-ops?