Over the years, Jim has said a lot of things, that farmers pollute the rivers. I've asked him repeatedly, “Jim, if we are polluting the rivers, please provide the evidence. Please tell us where the point source emission is.”
We were accused of polluting the river with E. coli. TRCA, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, did a study. It was the Canada geese.
Time and time again we get these false accusations, and that's what my talk was about. The farmers didn't do a good job of talking about who we are and what we did, and shame on us for that, but these accusations are false. If there are problems, we want to know because we want to change our management styles. There has been no evidence whatsoever, so when we hear this repeatedly in the media and in public places, it angers us.