A number of them are local staff. They raise families on the income they make by being employed by the Canadian Grain Commission. A number of them are extremely concerned that they will be losing their jobs as a result of the Wheat Board's being dismantled. There is a state of uncertainty that I'm sure you would agree is probably not wished upon any employee of the Grain Commission. I hope this will be looked at in the context of Churchill.
Every time Bill C-18 has come up, the stocks of companies such as Cargill and Viterra have gone up. On the other hand, the plebiscite that asked how farmers feel about the Wheat Board indicated that a majority of farmers across the prairies support the single desk. Anyone watching these trends might come to the conclusion that Bill C-18 is very much in the interests of big agri-business, and not in the interests of farmers. So my question is, whose interests are being represented by Bill C-18?