I don't know. I've never thought of it going in that direction before. All I'm looking for are things that respond to the consumers' desires. Consumers put higher food safety regulations on us than some of our competitors have. So the consumer, or the taxpayer, needs to share that burden if they want product produced in Canada.
Straight cost of production doesn't work. We used to have farm income insurance in the tree fruit industry. It drove it right in the tank, because everybody's aiming for just below zero so they can get the biggest payout. That's the same argument as splitting the crops out so you get a payment on one side.
I'm not saying I advocate that. It's the same thing: everybody's shooting for a bigger payment. That's the wrong thing. As a country we should be shooting for better production. What I don't like is it creates this unlevel playing field so that the old boys' club, in whatever form that takes, has a much easier time of it than new entrants. Perhaps that's the way it should be. That's the way it is in most of society. However, that doesn't bode well for the future of farming in Canada.