Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks, everyone, for coming, especially for the written presentations.
In terms of the discussion that followed the original presentations, I guess it would be fair to say that the approval process is too slow and costly compared with that of our competitors--whether it's for animal nutrition products or chemicals--and that additional cost burden is being transferred to farmers, to say nothing about the excess profits.
The second point I draw from the discussion is that the Competition Act in Canada just doesn't work to protect farmers' interests.
As well, Mr. Orb talked about the profits of companies being astronomical. I wonder, Mr. Chair, if we could direct our research staff to do some work in that area. I believe the NFU has done some in the past, but it could be brought up to date, if that's possible.
I don't want to pile any more work on J.D., but we will anyway.