I would say that “replicate” may not be the right word. We should adapt. Currently, costs must include the structural, regulatory and financial costs specific to Canadian processing. In fact, the main obstacles are not technical, but structural: lower volume, high concentration and the absence of a harmonized federal framework.
The data we need to have the prices are the actual volumes, which we already have because producers are required to provide them, the transaction prices and some aggregated cost data, which we can obtain through our structures. There are not 1,000 federally inspected plants; there are eight or nine, so it's quite easy to coordinate. We just need to structure it. The various partners need to communicate and find a way to harmonize. A consensus will really be needed among the various stakeholders to achieve this, but we already have the data.
