Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Gentlemen, thanks very much for coming here today.
I heard some really good points, and I just want to continue with what Grant just addressed.
Ian, you talked about a disaster program, and that is something we are committed to coming up with. What should be designated as a disaster? Should it be health issues like BSE and avian flu? Should it be dumping? We had the Manitoba flood three or four years ago, which was very severe. Should it be trade issues, low commodities? Think about that for a minute.
I have a couple of questions that I would like to ask of Brian and Len.
You talk about replanting. What would the total cost be to the federal government for the tree planting program you are talking about?
Brian, you talked about that, and also you mentioned about production being down dramatically in the last few years. What drove that production down? What is the key thing?
To you, Len, you brought up the issue of buy Canadian and what have you. As a farmer myself, I've always thought that we should be doing that. There are some reasons out there why we may not be able to, and they may make sense, but I think a lot of them are maybe just in our minds.
We have heard some discussion around the country about truth in labelling, country of origin. I would like to hear some comments from one or both of you on that.
There are the questions out there. Ian, I will throw it back to you to start off with the first one.