I would say that the industry would be very interested in seeing a hop industry return to Canada. We certainly have the land and the agricultural ability to do it. The issue came down to innovations in pest management control, innovations in hop varieties, and consolidation within the hop industry that affected pricing. Canada just didn't compete. There's no reason why Canada couldn't compete in the future. But for our purposes right now, in the near term, having access to imported hops is absolutely essential.
On April 16th, 2013. See this statement in context.