She said, “The yard's a mess, the lawn furniture's not put together”, and I said to her, “You know, I do a lot of things around here that just seem to go unrecognized.” I might get a similar reaction from this committee as I did from her last night. But I can point to several examples where the bureau has taken action to protect or promote competition in the agricultural industry or otherwise benefit Canadian farmers and other participants in the sector.
I think it's important for me to put that on the table, so you're not left with this impression that there's been ineffective enforcement in the area. For example, in a mergers context, we engaged in significant litigation and devoted significant resources to secure a series of remedies that were to maintain and promote competition in the grain handling industry in western Canada. That included the divestiture of a grain handling terminal in the port of Vancouver and 17 inland grain elevators in order to protect competition for western Canadian farmers.
In the criminal context, we've taken action to stop price fixing on important inputs into agriculture operations like chemicals that are used in animal feed. So I think we're happy to talk about ways in which we can improve enforcement, and we're very open to having those kinds of discussions. But I want to make sure that you understand our perspective, that there are a lot of steps being taken by the Competition Bureau in order to protect and promote competition in the agriculture sector. There are a lot of tools that exist under the act that we use as part of our day-to-day enforcement activities.