Thank you very much, sir. I always find this a humbling experience.
The only thing I will capture and start off promptly with is that this is an urgent issue, and we sure appreciate you seeing us in a prompt and expedient manner. It's important that this moves along and very quickly. The last time we were here, we guaranteed you this study, the actual cost and the damages. You now have that in front of you. I think you'll want to go to the last page for questions, and I'll be prepared to answer those.
I think what I want to do, Mr. Chair, is leave it open for questions.
The other issue I will bring to you is that in here you have cost per head of $31.70 for OTM product in Canada, and really that's what we're here to focus on. You'll find that in the United States—I just got the numbers, as I work for XL Foods and there are two cow plants in the United States owned by the Nilsson brothers. Their cost of disposal is 8¢. There are no hidden costs, no permits, nothing; it's 8¢ to landfill, the closest landfill available. That's what we're dealing with, and that brings the urgency to the floor.
The nice part about being last is that most people have stated the same thing I was going to state, so I'm not going to repeat it. I'd sooner answer your questions.
I don't want to leave here with any grey zones about, “What if you're paying a little less for the cows in Canada versus the United States?” Let's ask those questions, please, because there is no grey zone. This is urgent, right across this country.
On country-of-origin labelling, I was in Chicago last week and happened to walk through the trade show, the world's food show in Chicago. I just happened to capture the fridge magnet and I ran copies off for you—those are in front of you.
COOL is not going away. So we do support the government and its initiative on the second challenge, and we expect that to be resolved rapidly.
With that, I'm going to stop and just open myself up for criticism or questions. Either/or, we'll take it.