That's a question you should raise if you allow this body to come before the committee. The malting industry is asking for a meeting with us because the Minister of Agriculture, who's ultimately responsible for these decisions, has decided not to meet with them. But we need to have an investigation on all the government players who have been involved in this misinformation campaign against the Canadian Wheat Board.
The last point I would make is that the plebiscite Mr. Anderson talked about in his remarks is probably the most fraudulent plebiscite we've ever seen in Canadian history. The bottom line is that 13.8% supported the destruction of the Canadian Wheat Board in that plebiscite. That will be the ultimate impact of the government's move if they continue to go ahead with the plebiscite on wheat as well. The minister has stated his intent to go in that direction.
I think we can be assured that our international reputation for marketing wheat, barley, or anything else from this country has been thrown into jeopardy by the actions of the government on this matter. As a result, farmers will suffer, our marketing agencies will suffer, and Canada's reputation will suffer. That's why we need a fairly strong investigation into how the government handled itself in this whole sad affair.