I think this is a very appropriate way to end; we're finishing up our study on competitiveness. What you gentlemen are illustrating is what I would call--I just made some notes here--the tragedy of our Canadian agriculture. You were talking earlier on about sovereignty and trade and how we balance this, but what's happening is that we've basically written a process of killing a localized meat industry in our country. It's as simple as that.
We've had the same problem in British Columbia with our meat inspection regulations that came in a few years ago. People are scrambling. People are killing off their lambs. They're not able to conform to the rules. At the same time, we have this grassroots movement, which is talking about local food and sovereignty and getting control of our food supply. Something is clearly out of step here.
Do you believe there is a role for the federal government to lay some guidelines so we can reintroduce some flexibility in our system? It's my understanding that the reason this inflexibility exists is that there has been pressure on the federal government from the CFIA and from large conglomerates to standardize this in the name of food safety. Is it time now for the federal government to play a role with its provincial partners to reintroduce a certain amount of flexibility so businesses such as yours, Mr. Soady-Easton, and yours, Mr. Roesch, and yours, Mr. Norg, can survive and give us good-quality food?
Maybe we could start with you, Mr. Norg.