Do they have to buy? Yes, they have to buy from the central.... Again, there's huge money changing hands here. The majors will make a deal with a major meat-packing house and here's the deal. They need their whole system to support the commitment they've made. Basically, that's how it works. How does a provincially inspected abattoir get on the shelves? It's pretty tough.
That's what Gary was saying earlier. The last time we were in front of this committee, we had some meat packers with us. It would be really smart of the Government of Canada to work with the provincial governments to see if we can get some reciprocity between provincially and federally inspected meat plants. In a lot of cases, there's very little difference--a paved parking lot as opposed to a gravel parking lot.
I think we need to move there, and I think we need to get really sensible about our food supply.