On the railways, I'll give you an example. CP just refused to handle chilled pork for three weeks around Christmas. That is completely unacceptable. How can we supply the Japanese market if we have to say, sorry, we can't deliver the product? That is one thing.
Also, you only have two hours for your container to get onto that platform. If you miss it, for whatever reason, you have to reschedule your container. We're talking about perishable products here. The one thing we have always suggested and recommended is to have the same treatment at the port. The Port of Vancouver is not always very reliable, as you know; they have threats of strikes once in a while. And we also need to be declared an essential commodity like wheat is. That's another thing.
Now, as for technical resources, there are very few people left now at the CFIA who have the level of expertise required to deal with the Russians or other countries. It was all right until two or three years ago, but when BSE started, then we really found ourselves in trouble. There doesn't seem to be a concerted effort at the CFIA to increase the number of technical people required to negotiate with foreign governments, and also to train new people—because you don't become an expert overnight. That's one thing that people need to recognize. At the CFIA, we're always told, yes, but we are doing what we can with our limited resources. We agree on that, but I think that's why we asked the Canadian government to take another look at the resources of the CFIA and to remedy that situation, and not to cut positions but to add them.