We had lengthy discussions on market access, not only to country elevators that were owned by the grain companies but also to all ports and the access to terminal elevators, be they in Vancouver, Thunder Bay, Churchill, and elevators on the river.
We realize there is excess capacity in a lot of the ports, and we also are aware that today the Canadian Wheat Board, as a single-desk seller, has agreements with the majority of terminal operator owners. If we were to move to a system whereby there would be a voluntary Wheat Board, the voluntary Wheat Board, along with other people, other companies who do not have terminal elevators, would be able to negotiate commercial agreements with them to get their grain handled at their terminal elevators.
One thing that everyone needs to understand is that there is excess capacity and that these companies are looking for grain to handle to increase the volume and the throughput for their facilities. So there are opportunities, and the grain companies have all stated that they are prepared to work with the new voluntary Wheat Board. And Quorum Corporation, who made a presentation to the group, mention in their report that all grain companies they have met with stated they would welcome business at their country and terminal operations from the CWB or any other grain companies. So there are operations and things like this that go on today.
So with regard to Churchill, if it works and it's economically viable for a grain company to put grain through Churchill, or if it works for the Canadian Wheat Board, the new Wheat Board, to work with the Port of Churchill and OmniTrax, they can now work on a handling agreements there.