Thank you.
On the issue of catastrophe or disaster for such situations as drought or flood, when we talk about cooperation between the federal government and the provinces and territories, it seems, particularly in the last drought in northwestern Ontario, that there still is no possibility of reconciliation between the federal and provincial governments. The federal minister was with the provincial minister a few weeks ago, and they still can't come to an agreement on a formula. So I would ask where we are, in terms of designing some kind of system that is workable and agreeable, similar to what worked so quickly for British Columbia in their situation.
The second question that I will ask is on Agriculture Canada's role in championing the elimination of interprovincial barriers. I will use the Rainy River district's example of trying to develop an abattoir and meeting impossible barriers when trying to sell into other provinces. Although there are very few differences between what the inspection would be provincially and what it would be federally, it just seemed impossible for them to overcome the federal hurdles to be able to sell into other provinces, such as Manitoba.
Those are my questions.