I think one thing—and we talked about this the previous time we were before the committee—is that there's certainly a need to have a mutual recognition of the provincial and federal meat inspection systems. In our view, this is being used—and the chairman will be aware of this in his own riding—by corporate retailers as an excuse to prevent local franchisees from buying local meat. It's not a food safety issue. That's one thing we believe could happen immediately.
I'm not exactly sure what the solution would be, but I also think there is a challenge that should put to the on-farm community, with all due respect to them. Again, I think the on-farm community has been slow to recognize the potential that exists with the independents out there. And that's why we're happy to be here today, because we think that raising that potential with this committee is very helpful, because I'm sure those groups will be reading this report.
But there is a tremendous market opportunity with the independents. What we're trying to figure out is how can we put those groups together, our independents and the retailers together.