Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to the witnesses for appearing today. Thank you for your submissions and your presentations.
We have to respect what exists today, namely a structure that allows the provinces to exercise some control. But then we have wine producers and consumers. We must find a balance.
Mr. Hicken and Mrs. George, you made the same argument as the Canadian Vintners Association. The amendments you are proposing would result in the federal government becoming more involved and giving more direction to the provinces. But the thinking is for the federal government to get out of this program and let the provinces run with it.
Mr. Hicken and Mrs. George, do you think that, by using the term “reasonable”, you are imposing conditions on the provinces that, according to them and to the Constitution, are actually theirs?