Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
At the beginning of my round, I didn't want to interrupt Mr. Martin, but I want to clarify a couple of things. It is disappointing that a mere 20 minutes before his tirade we actually had the committee table several studies that prove that marketing freedom works or will work for western Canadian farmers. This isn't something based on a whim.
To address Mr. Valeriote, who is knowledgeable about the George Morris Centre, we should, frankly, take a look at what they're actually saying, at their analysis, at the modelling they're doing, and not just say that they're a conservative think tank, so it doesn't matter and we're not going to take them into account. I'm not trying to put words into his mouth, but the point is that—