You also mentioned that instead of a time of growth and opportunity, this is in fact a time of consolidation and contraction for many companies. In our earlier panel, some of our witnesses made reference to the growing amount of farm debt. One of our witnesses said that farm debt is growing, but sometimes there are different kinds of debt, and good debt can help to grow productivity.
What's the general status of many of your member companies in terms of their debt loads? What does that consolidation or contraction ultimately mean for Canada's food security if we don't correct the course on that?