Thanks for the question.
Yes, it was. The Prime Minister called us together because he wanted to hear directly from the canola industry. We really appreciate that. The dialogue was not just talking at us but an actual conversation going back and forth.
I think what we impressed upon everyone in the room, including the agriculture minister and others, was that the gravity of the situation is pretty significant. The longer this goes on, the worse it will get. I think we had a better understanding, and maybe the government had a better understanding, that we have a window of opportunity here to negotiate this thing away. If we can do that, we'll come out pretty quick. I'm talking a few months here—maybe by Christmas. After that, it's going to be more difficult.
Those are the kinds of conversations we had. Diversification and biofuel opportunities, etc., came up. It was a good conversation, but at the same time, we don't know how long this is going to be. Our advice was to be prepared for longer than anticipated. Be ready for the worst and hope for the best. The best would be that we can get this resolved or negotiated away by the Prime Minister with the President of China. This is a political problem and it's going to need a political answer. We got that message across as well.
Thank you.