Thank you very much.
I appreciate this opportunity to talk about the canola industry and how significant it is as a canola producer. We've seen so many folks back home who are upset and frustrated by the things that are taking place.
I have one thing that I do want to mention. When we're talking about it being science-based and how the CFIA is taking a look at all of the samples that are going into the ship and that are leaving the ship, people shouldn't forget that they're also being inspected every time a truck drives into one of the facilities. We know that the quality that we have is such, and it's not going up the leg unless it fits that. When people start to talk and say that it should be science-based and so on, that has happened right from the moment that the seed was produced and put into the ground in the farmers' fields. I think that's a critical point that people should recognize.
Again, this is where they have to start making these decisions: the seed, the chemical, the fertilizer, the added costs that are coming in and out. I'll point out that in Saskatchewan we've already had it, but now the carbon tax and all of these other things are added expenses that are really being pushed down onto the farmer.
My question is for Mr. White, and perhaps Mr. Vossen.
What are you hearing from the producers and the farmers, as far as their frustrations are concerned, about what is taking place?