Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome back to Canada. And I certainly accept that your challenges are great, as you're dealing with it.
I'm sitting in on the committee for the first time today, particularly on the Wheat Board issue, but I find it very interesting that the discussion I've heard so far would be that several members of Parliament would choose to support an institution ahead of the people they're actually there to serve. I appreciate your comments when you state that we all have to have an open mind. Our opportunity and our job are to serve the farmer, and I think your comments today are very good. And I congratulate you in your new mandate as the head of the Canadian Wheat Board.
I think it is important to note that, because I find it quite interesting that the members from Ontario would fight so hard for an institution that only supports western Canadian farmers, and why they wouldn't want to open up the Wheat Board's jurisdiction to encompass all the Canadian farm economy. Would you see that as any part of your mandate in the sense of expanding the Wheat Board to include all of Canada, as opposed to just western Canada?