I take exception to that, because we've always been called the breadbasket of the world. I think that as a producer in your area you would be sticking up for western Canada too.
That was just my comment. I wanted to make sure that Canadians know that western Canadian producers are some of the most environmentally friendly and most productive producers we have in all of Canada. We have exceptional rural Canadian farmers, and I just want to stick up for them by saying that.
We're talking about Bill C-33 today, gentlemen. The minister was before our committee last week. We have a concern in western Canada because of the way grain prices are right now, and I asked him...because we're trying to get a bunch of plants up and running and we're having trouble getting producers to invest in these plants.
I would just like to have comments, Mr. Chorney, from you. What would you tell western Canadian farmers especially? We've gone through many years out west of really low grain prices, losing a lot of smaller farmers with difficulties because we just couldn't make a living at that time. Could I have your comments on that, please?