Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Lady and gentlemen, it is nice to have you all here and to listen to your comments.
To the rest of the committee, welcome to the heartland of agriculture in Canada. There's no doubt about it. I am not going to get into an argument with Gary about who has the most agriculture in the riding. We both come from similar areas.
There is one point I want to make here. Mr. Woods, you mentioned the Wheat Board and supply management. There is a very distinct difference. First of all, there is fearmongering among a couple of political parties and at least one farm organization about the connection. And that's all it is: it is fearmongering. The difference with the Canadian Wheat Board, and the plebiscite on barley proved that, is that a number asked for change. In the dairy industry, the chicken industry, and egg supply management, none of that has ever been asked, and I doubt that it ever will. I just need to point that out.
Mr. Danen, you made a couple of comments, and I'd like a bit of clarification on them. One coment was that the government should make a commitment to match the U.S. Farm Bill, even if we don't have the money. I don't know whether you meant that as an idle threat or that basically we should find the money. I would like a little clarification.
Also, I believe you made a comment about an environmental plan. I might have missed some of the words, but you talked about confidentiality. That bothered me. If there is no confidentiality, we should be dealing with that. I'd like to hear a little more on that if I could.