Actually, he started talking about section 47.1 of the Wheat Board Act. What that does is commit the government of the day—if they're adding or subtracting a commodity—to work with the farmers affected, those growing the commodity, and that's it. That's all that section calls for. It does not pre-empt the minister of the day from changing legislation. No prior government can handcuff or shackle farmers or the minister regarding change in the future. That's not on, and we're happy to go to court on that.
We're not operating unilaterally, as the member should know there are four provinces involved in the Canadian Wheat Board area: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Peace River area of British Columbia. Manitoba is ideologically against what we're doing, but the other three provinces are fully on board and fully support what we're doing. They're with us every step of the way; and they produce 85% to 90% of the Wheat Board commodities. Manitoba produces 10% to 15%, depending on the year and the weather.
We've got the Grain Growers of Canada, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers, and the Western Barley Growers all with us in this. So we're not moving unilaterally.
Our publications probably cost a lot less than the Wheat Board ones, because we actually target actual producers. We don't just lock shoot. Our list is probably a lot smaller and more concise, because we're actually looking for farmers on the ground, the farmers who are actually making business decisions.
When you talk about milling that's been added, yes, there were a couple of small organic mills. I love this idea that capacity is based on population. It's got nothing to do with capacity; it's based a whole bunch more on population. As you know, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, you're talking four million, four and a half million people. It's a small chunk of Canada.
So when they make these goofy statements about how the milling has increased based on population, it's ridiculous in the extreme.