I don't know if we can link consumption to production methods. I am not sure that the two are related.
However, I think that we are already working together, under the code of practice. This involves several organizations sitting down together around the same table.
You say that there are a lot of pork producers in your riding and in the neighbouring riding. You are probably in a good position to know about their concerns. Earlier, someone referred to another topic. We were saying that perhaps people don't know enough about what we do, about what producers do.
Last week, there was a conference in Winnipeg, and Ms. Temple Grandin, who is a well- known expert in the area of animal welfare was in attendance. A lot of producers from all of the regions were present. Ms. Grandin was saying that producers should perhaps use tools like Facebook.
We producers don't do that because we are busy raising our animals. My wife and I own our farm. We work with my son, and the three of us are partners. Over the 40 years we have spent producing pork, we transformed our buildings on three different occasions to improve our livestock production and the conditions for our animals, since we work with them. If our animals are not well-raised, we will not make any profit, and our business will not be profitable. That is our main concern. That would be my first point.
My second point concerns the consumer. We were talking about pressure groups and perception. Earlier, we talked about perceptions with regard to transport. Today, there is a lot of pressure around that. That is why our message is the following: I, like others you know and we know in Canada and Quebec, treat our hogs well. If the governments want us to change the way we do things, we will do so. However, you cannot simply tell producers that they are at the bottom of the totem pole, and that for that reason they have to foot the bill for any changes.