On that point, I do think the cattle industry, both cattle and pork really, needs to be moved up considerably. That industry is in real crisis. The changes that we thought would be in the country of origin labelling to accommodate us are not there to the same extent we thought they would. The cattle industry's in trouble everywhere across the country. What people are saying, especially in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, is that the breeding cow herd is being sold off at historically high levels. This means that three years from now we're not going to have the breeding stock we require in the industry. So that's a really serious issue, and I do think we need to deal with it as soon as we can.
I have one other point, but not on that. When I went through the transcripts of the minister and department's appearance before the committee, there still remains, I think, a lot of confusion—or there certainly is in my mind—on where the programs are really at. He said in his testimony that the cost of production program has gone. Well, where has that money gone?
We need some answers on where the departmental spending is at. We've said that we do not believe there's been enough stimulus in agriculture in this budget, but we still don't even know, given the current programming of the department, the cost of production. Where has that money gone? Where is it being applied? We know AgriInvest isn't $500 million, but $190 million. Where did the rest of that money that was supposed to be targeted go?
So we do need some further answers from the department, whether it's in a briefing or a hearing, or whatever, but there are some questions that we need answered yet.