The first years that I farmed in the 1970s, we had piles of grain that we couldn't move. A lot of it spoiled and never did move. So this not the first time, but we do have an opportunity here to get this right. We have an opportunity with all of the commodity groups, all of the shippers out there saying that there are concerns in capacity and so forth.
You talked about the two-year review; yes, that's because this is emergency legislation and that is the procedure, the protocol. It can be renewed by a vote in Parliament, or it can also coincide with the results of the CTA review, to a larger piece of legislation and regulation, and actually be very timely in that it all comes together within that same two-year timeframe. We have an opportunity here to go out and prove to our buyers around the world that we are a country of repute, that we can actually get our commodities to them in a timely way.
We saw an excess number of boats sitting in harbour this year. There was one vessel that left from Japan that was here to pick up some grain, but they were speculating on it. They weren't necessarily contracted at that particular point, which is both good news and bad news. We just could not fill them, which is unfortunate because Japan is a very premium customer for us. I will be in Japan early in April to reinforce the fact that they should come with their chequebooks; we have the product and we have the capacity to get it to them.