Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, on the varietal identification technology, there is technology in place right now that can distinguish varieties. However, it's not low-cost technology. It's not elevator-driveway technology. The challenge for the industry is to provide that affordable technology that can be located at the initial delivery points.
That's not there yet. There are some promising signs that it could be there. Whether it will be next year or the year after, or whether it's many years off, we can't predict that.
That said, we are currently monitoring for ineligible varieties. We have been fairly successful in doing that without the low-cost technology and have maintained integrity in our system. As you quite frankly pointed out, we have high quality and a good reputation for that high quality in Canada.
Secondly, the answer for the declaration system is similar, in that we know the declaration system has been effective in the past for, again, ineligible varieties, and there have been ineligible varieties in Canada. It has not put our reputation in jeopardy to this point. I think that's why the industry and all the partners who work together on the committee determined that the declaration system would be the immediate tool used to ensure the integrity of our grain quality in Canada.
On liability, Mr. White may want to comment, but the liability for the upcoming 2008-09 crop year I believe will be assumed by the board, as it has been for ineligible varieties. The committee is going to continue to work to determine how that will be handled into the future.