I was asked the question and I want to clarify it, because I made it in my presentation.
On the cost of jobs, the Manitoba government's information indicates an 80-million-litre ethanol plant will employ 30 to 35 people, while a 160-million-litre ethanol plant may employ 40 to 50 people. With a subsidy of $30 a litre of ethanol manufactured, the subsidy for a job will range from $680,000 to $1.2 million per job per year. At the Husky ethanol plant in Minnedosa, 11 new jobs were created, costing $3.3 million a job per year.
I went on to say that.... The argument is they'd provide some economic activity, but I would argue that little economic activity takes place there. The grain is hauled in; the distiller's grain and the alcohol are hauled out by tanker.