I want a very short answer. My time is very small.
First of all, my constituents are not losers, sir. I didn't appreciate what you said, and I find it offensive that you did that. As someone who comes from Saskatchewan and has a large rural population, I find some of the statements in your presentation questionable. Most of our Saskatchewan farmers, because of erosion over the years, have gone to no till. Basically they're the best environmentalists in this country.
I see a lot of provinces with huge erosion problems. Unless western Canadian farmers have some rules and regulations changed, they are not going to be growing wheat. They will go to lentils, canola--all the other things that they can grow.
You know, if biofuels and ethanol become a success story, which means that farmers will become more industrial and become input suppliers, would you welcome this? Or are you attached to a cheap food policy and the traditional role of agrologists as food suppliers?