Traceability does underpin a number of other very important components of Canadian agriculture. Trade is one prime example. We see trading partners require the ability to trace an animal to its farm of origin in certain instances. When we talk about disease management, health risk management, and disease surveillance, with that comes the need to be able to trace animals and find out where they've been and where they've moved to, and that sort of risk. It's essential for that.
From a producer perspective, traceability is a regulation that we're going to be required to comply with. In order to do that, it requires a tremendous amount of funding. It has definite value for producers— there's no doubt—in managing disease risk and disease spread should there be an outbreak, but by the same token, it's to meet a regulation. That comes at a significant cost already to producers, and increasingly so as we manage it.