Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is for you, Mr. Dennis.
I was surprised by what you told me. Among other things, you said that the best farmland should not be used in ethanol production. I would like to know how you would manage to ensure that the best farmland is not used for ethanol production, because the decision to grow certain crops is made by the farmer who owns the land.
Basically, farmers are looking for profitability. When farmers have very good farmland—like farmland in Quebec—and they know that they can make more money growing corn for ethanol production, that is what they will do. You can't stop them. There is no law, currently, to stop that from happening.
Basically, as long as there is demand, people will tend to use the best land to grow corn to make ethanol. At this point in time, nobody can stop that. You cannot stop farmers from making that decision.