We agree on that, and I think you've clarified the situation. Sometimes one remembers only a fragment of a sentence.
It does indeed go without saying that the government will be responsible for helping the industry when it imposes and raises its standards, particularly since everybody needs them these days and the federal government isn't short of surpluses. We've said that on numerous occasions.
Mr. MacKay, in the pile of documents you filed with us, there is—I don't know whether it's a study—a document from the Fertilizer Institute referring to factors contributing to an increase in retail fertilizer prices. One of those factors is the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, and thus the increase in the value of the Canadian dollar. That somewhat contradicts what we heard from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the UPA. They also came here and told us that the rise in the value of the Canadian dollar should increase our purchasing power, thus enabling us to pay less for our inputs, including fertilizer.
I would like you to explain to me where that statement comes from and to say a little more on how the depreciation of the U.S. dollar contributes to higher retail fertilizer prices.