Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our guests for being here today.
I want to follow up on some of the comments that we've had regarding other models: Germany, the U.K., and Australia.
When I was in the grocery business, I used to go over to my competitors and walk around their stores and see what they were doing right, and then I would start implementing that in my store. After a couple of years, they started coming into my store to see what I was doing right. Now, I would think that if you could see the success that they've had in Germany and the U.K., I would be looking at their models. I would have done a study already to find out what works there, and whether it would work here.
The question I'm looking for an answer to, Mr. LaRue, is has the department looked at other models? Has it had the opportunity to look at those models and see why they would or would not work in our labour market, and if not, why?