The federal government does offer programs to help industries and businesses in adopting automation and robotics, but to a large extent those programs are not applicable to our sector. I think it would be helpful for the federal government to re-examine the programs they have and understand what is specific about our industry.
Remember, a lot of the businesses in food and beverage manufacturing are small to mid-size, so when it comes to automation, you're looking at adding capital, getting over that growth spurt that you need.
Ian pointed out that Eden Valley Poultry is a $50-million poultry plant. You need $50 million to build even a small to mid-size processing plant in this country. Any business is going to require some sort of support, so I would strongly encourage the federal government to take a look at their suite of programs offered through ISED and understand whether they are really appropriate and accessible to companies in our sector.