Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all of you for being here.
I'm not sure if you folks are aware that in the United States the taxpayer has just contributed $300 billion to bail out the chicken industry—in other words, to buy up the chickens that farmers couldn't sell. As a result.... It's a cutthroat industry: the prices are low, and obviously the prices are going to be lower there than they are here. I'm just wondering if we really want that for our farmers. We have a stable system and it doesn't cost the taxpayer any money at all.
According to a recent survey, two litres of milk in Canada cost $3.15, in Los Angeles $2.40, and $3.73 in New Zealand, a country that wants to devastate and destroy our supply managed system. Canadian farmers only make 21¢ on a $2.25 glass of restaurant milk, like you folks have in your restaurants.
So as we look at trying to get prices lower for you folks, the question is, do we really want to do it at the expense of farmers, who are trying to make a living, and who are making a living?
The main question I want to ask you, because I'd like to get on to the other witnesses, is on the frozen pizza makers that you mentioned. Should we be regulating and applying the same standards to frozen pizza makers as to regular pizza makers? Yes or no?