You agree, though, with the statements that have been made in the past that this is costing our producers money.
I support Alberta beef. Before I order steak in any restaurant I go into, I want to know if it's Alberta beef, which intuitively means it would also have to be Canadian beef. Now, it disturbs me that I can go to a restaurant or to my local grocery store and pick up something that says “Canada-approved”, or whatever it may say. I presume it would be a Canadian product, only to find out that it comes from China or wherever else, where I may not perceive that there are the same safety standards as our producers have. Nonetheless, I'm not being given the opportunity to support my local producers. So short of taking my lawyer with me to the grocery store, I think we need to have a little bit of common sense added in here.
I'd like to hear from you, Mr. Friesen, in answer to Mr. Lauzon's question. Do you have any idea of the amount of money this has cost Canadian producers? I'd like Ms. Binnie to also answer that for the pork producers.