I want to thank you for coming.
I think in the past we've had a pretty good history of getting good information from you people. I think we've all been made proud of the way the CFA has handled our food with the security system in this country.
But we're approaching a deadline of July 12, and this has disturbed a number of people in the processing industry. I had a small processor call me just yesterday. This man is running to a deadline as of next Monday because there comes a cut-off point where you can't deliver anymore and he has no place to put this product. What kinds of provisions are we making for those plants that do not have and have not been able to find provision?
It's not necessarily their fault. These are rules that we've brought into play. These people want to continue. In this case it's organic meat, so obviously the volumes aren't that great. He may not have the 50 acres in which he can put up a composting site. Are we going to give the exception to time because we are going beyond a timeframe?
We're going beyond limits. We're going beyond criteria that the Americans have not set for themselves. And they haven't asked us to do it; this is something that's self-imposed. What kinds of provisions are there that I can tell my constituent and other constituents across this country on that matter? I think we have to take some immediate action on that.