The real value we, as producers, see is that we didn't often have the opportunity to sit down at the same table with the major processors and other partners in the value chain and the federal government, quite frankly, and the people from CFIA. So it's been a great opportunity to exchange ideas.
One of the things that Mr. Toews mentioned is right on. We actually started talking about emergency preparedness, and one of the examples was that if we had a hoof-and-mouth disease outbreak, quite frankly all hell would break loose. The packers' response was that they would probably lay off their workers and go home, because they would have issues selling the meat. For the producers, not having a place to slaughter our animals seemed like the exact opposite of what was needed in the event of such a tragedy happening. So the opportunity to actually sit down in a forum like this and actually understand the mindset of other partners in the chain and understand what their actions would be under certain circumstances was really quite valuable. So we can work those things out if we know where the issues are, and we can attack them.