Mr. Chair, as a way of opening this discussion, I would say that we did meet with farmers. The working group held a panel and we invited six farmers from across the prairies to discuss the issues they saw in transition. We also met with I think about ten associations representing the prairie industry and producers the day before the panel we had with farmers.
I think all of us were struck by the desire of the young farmers to have certainty and predictability and to get on with it, to allow them to use whatever tools they might opt for, whether it was to use pools or forward contracts. I think there was a great deal of optimism as well among the younger farmers that the changes were going to bring new opportunities in terms of innovation and value added, as we already see in the canola and pulse areas.
Let me turn to either Murdoch MacKay--