Thank you, gentlemen, for coming.
Mr. Hermanson, first I want to say that a number of us on the committee have visited the Canadian Grain Commission. It was inspiring. For those out east to go out west to see it function was just remarkable. Seeing people from other countries who were there checking out our grain and how to use it was just remarkable.
You talked about the quality of grain and confidence in the quality of grain. That's so important. A number of people have been writing, to each of us, I'm sure, raising issues and concerns they have.
I see from the legislation that basically they're going to transfer inspection to the private sector, to a certain degree. One of the concerns expressed to me is that there isn't going to be a monitoring system put in place to ensure that results are consistent and uniform among the different service providers. In other words, there's no one person overseeing it. Then we have private industry. While they may be accredited or certified in some way, what are you going to do over time to make sure they are providing consistency in the application of whatever expectations there are for the quality of grain?