Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank all the witnesses for coming forward today and giving us some excellent presentations. I only wish we could have more time with each and every one of you.
I have just a comment for Mr. Rosing. I understand the farmers in your area have been undergoing some significant problems with flooding and with the weather over the last year. I can tell you that your member of Parliament has been very vocal and somewhat of a pain in the butt about it at times. He came out to my riding last fall and ended up telling my farmers, “If you think you have it bad, you should see what we have going on here.” He has been working very hard to get a resolution to some of the issues you've brought forward.
Ms. Haley, I'd like to talk to you about a couple of things. First, when you started out, you really hit home on marketing, research, and production when you talked about the new reality. I believe those were the words you used for it. I think these all fold under the umbrella of competition and our competitiveness in the world. There's one other aspect I would add to it, and that would be our regulatory burden on our farmers. Sometimes it's necessary, but as well, we have to put our farmers on a level playing field with others around the world.
Would you agree that these four items are probably the most significant long-term changes and challenges that we have to face for the industry?