Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thank you for coming the distance you have at this time of year. It really shows the commitment to your community, and we really appreciate your staying for this meeting.
I don't want to get into the partisan discussion about Conservatives in the other place or us in the House of Commons. We are trying to solve a problem for you. We do need to see some action going forward, and I think we're talking about that today.
What I'm very interested in is how you discuss these things as a group. How do you interact with your neighbours and farmers down the road?
I'm thinking of what used to go on in the Petro-Canada in Colonsay, Saskatchewan, at lunch time. They would talk about what was going on in the fields, who was late getting stuff in, and whose wife was kicking their butt because they weren't out in the field that day. There were conversations around the dinner table at noon in Colonsay. How do you have those conversations among farmers, and what's the opportunity to involve the larger supply chain, the shippers, the storage people? How do you collaborate?