Point taken.
Mr. Hermanson, I have hundreds and maybe thousands of farmers in my riding, as you probably know. All of these people on certainly this side of the House have lots of farmers in their ridings. On their behalf, I do apologize for the comments that were made. These are multi-million dollar operations. When it comes to running a farm today, I have so much respect for farmers. Theirs is a much more complicated business than the average small business throughout the country.
So I just wanted to clear that up. That's certainly not the way I feel, and I probably speak for every farmer in the country.
The other thing I want to say is that I actually respect the fact that you graduated from the Full Gospel Bible Institute. I think that education is.... I'm sure that is a good school, and I compliment you for that.
Getting back to the role of a public servant, after 23 years of being a public servant, it seems to me you would understand the role of a public servant. Maybe you could expound on that. You were talking about the responsibility of the people who work for you and about your responsibility. I'd like you to reiterate that for the committee, please.