Just to correct the record, I might mention that Mr. Boshcoff said the Wheat Board is not a supply management program.
Witnesses, thank you for being here.
I want to just share a little experience I had last Thursday and Friday, and maybe afterward get your comments. I had the opportunity to be in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia, and I met with a number of farm groups, some government officials, some agriculture ministers, the Premier of Nova Scotia. I was really pleased to see how well I was received, how well Growing Forward was received.
Actually, at one of the conferences I attended, the motto—that's not the right word—that day was “transition to profitability”. All of them acknowledged the difficulties in the pork and beef industries, but they said, “We really feel that the department is putting farmers first”. They actually used that term. They talked about a transition to sustainability, they talked about profitability. I was really pleased.
The other thing they talked about is that finally—