This may take just a few seconds.
This is from an abattoir owner in our county, Steve Lantz. He couldn't make it today, but he was supposed to come with me. There's a letter, and I won't read it because it will take too long, but I'll cut it down.
In 1995-96 his abattoir was a customs-exempt abattoir, which meant he didn't have to go under certain regulations because he only brought in the farmer's beef, slaughtered it, and then returned it to the farmer. It wasn't sold to the public. At that time there were 350 plants. There are fewer than 175 now, because of OMAFRA.
I'll leave it at that.