Great. Thank you.
Thank you to our witnesses.
As a member of Parliament from the eastern part of western Canada, from Manitoba, what I've heard from people on the ground is the need for federal leadership and a federal championing of this strategy. A lot of producers from our part of the country go east to Thunder Bay and are looking to reinforce their capacity through the north. I'm wondering to what extent you believe it is important to see federal leadership that looks at all the options that would benefit producers, given the varied realities of producers depending on which part of the country they're in.
Perhaps, Mr. Ballantyne, you could speak to that, and Mr. Hemmes as well.