Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Madame Ouellet, I'll continue with you. I'm very intrigued by the projects that you've brought to the attention of the committee, and I'll tell you why.
I have a small farming property. We raise chickens. My riding is here on Vancouver Island, and we have had the same struggles in trying to find processing capacity. We're very lucky here in the Cowichan valley, because we do have Island Farmhouse Poultry. It has expanded its operations, but it's almost like when you expand a highway: More cars come. It has actually had more customers come as a result of its expansion. Last year, we were forced to take an hour and a half drive with our chickens to find slaughtering capacity.
Your testimony also closely parallels what we heard from Judy Stafford of Cowichan Green Community at a previous committee meeting. She's looking for those kinds of funds to establish a commercial kitchen.
I think what you're proposing here is absolutely applicable to many rural areas in Canada. That's why I'm very intrigued about it.
You've already answered a lot of the questions, so could you give us a ballpark figure of the cost involved in converting one of those sea containers or a mobile trailer to get it up to the standards that are necessary for it to be approved as a licensed facility?