Thank you for that answer.
Another concern that I've had raised by farmers about the Canada Grain Act has to do with their ability to schedule sales with futures contracts for their production.
It's my understanding that in the United States agricultural commodities traders are required to report publicly to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the quantities and the prices per bushel of what they export and sell, but here in Canada, commodities traders are not required to publicly report the prices per tonne for what agricultural commodities they sell. That leaves Canadian farmers at a disadvantage as they negotiate futures contracts to sell the commodities they produce.
What it means is that, while Canadian commodities traders are getting record prices for commodities exports, many farmers are not seeing those record prices reflected in futures contracts.
I'm just wondering if there are any plans to put in place a requirement similar to that in the United States, to require agricultural commodities traders to report these publicly, both for volumes and exports, and for the prices they receive for those commodities exports.