The work that's under way now to update the animal care codes of practice, which are going species by species under the National Farm Animal Care Council, is the right approach. It involves industry, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, and scientific experts. They all come together to arrive at the best recommendations. I think that is the best process.
The question then becomes, though, how do those get enacted? Certainly we believe it should remain a voluntary standard. You don't want to get into a system of mandating this. You need to continually evolve as we learn and as the marketplace moves us in new directions.
The one problem I alluded to, though, was that right now in some of these areas—on animal transport, housing, and so on—we have a very fragmented approach in Canada, which makes it easier for the likes of the major retailers and food service companies to adopt their own standards and to say, “If there is no national standard, then I want my suppliers to do X or Y.” That becomes a very challenging environment for our company and for smaller producers because there is no consistency. That's one thing we would encourage the federal government to take more leadership on.