Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank Dennis and John for coming. It's good to see you guys again. I've had several meetings with you. I have only five minutes, so I want to be brief.
First of all, I would like to set the record straight. You're absolutely right, we've had some very damaging weather out in the prairies. I know our member from Selkirk--Interlake has worked very hard with our minister to help out with the flooding in that area. I know guys in the prairies who've had some droughts. Minister Ritz has been on top of these things with some of the changes we've tried to make to our suite of Growing Forward products.
I'd also like to make another comment. I'm from Alberta. There's not another province in this country that is going to be able to match what Ed Stelmach has done and the commitment he's made to Alberta farmers with his per-head payment. But as John said, it's not the answer; it's a band-aid. It might be a little bit bigger band-aid than anybody else can afford, but it doesn't solve the real problems we have. I think you guys hit the nail on the head: competitiveness and getting into other markets are the biggest problems we have with this industry right now. Would you agree with that?