I didn't bring up Western in my comments because I had a sneaking suspicion someone else would, and that indeed is the case.
Western Feedlots, just a little background, is one of Canada's oldest cattle feeding operations, established in 1958. The whole business of feeding cattle in western Canada is a relatively new industry, about 40 to 50 years in operation. Western, of course, is one of western Canada's largest operations, with 100,000 head standing capacity.
The recent announcement that they are winding down their operations was a significant event for the industry. It's not the only operation that we've seen closed. In the county of Lethbridge, producers there have told me that they know of five cattle feeding operations that have recently closed.
The issue of piling-on is definitely of concern to agriculture and to cattle feeders. Just as some background on that, the 2016 Alberta budget increased the fuel tax by 4¢ a litre. They did not increase the farm exemption with that, so all farmers in the province are now paying 4¢ provincial tax on fuel. For cattle feeders, just for the transportation of cattle,—forget about feed grains, forget about ploughing the fields and harvesting—just moving cattle around will cost the beef industry $3.25 per head. We have the prospect of a carbon tax coming in 2017, so you're right Ron, and the cost implications for Bill 6 as well. All of this is coming at a time when the cattle markets are very volatile and prices for fed cattle are very poor.