Thank you for your comments. And thank you to the government and all parties for the continuted support of supply management. We very much appreciate that.
In response to your question, the dairy industry has taken that as a concern. We have a new entry program that is across the country, with the exception of maybe one eastern province, and that is the P5.
We have 50 new producers who are assisted in coming into the industry each year. They're assisted by a loan program of giving them a quota on a loan basis and they have to purchase an equal amount. Then that quota has to be returned over a 17-year period. We realize it is an expensive proposition to get into, but I guess it's a cost factor of doing business. Anything where there is a stable return, whether it be a McDonald's franchise or a Tim Hortons franchise, or whatever, there is a cost of getting into the business. There seems to be an attitude out there that anyone can produce food. It is a business. It is a profession. It is within supply managment, and because of the stability of supply management it is a profitable entity.
That's what the dairy industry has done to address that new entry program.