Yes, there is a fair amount of effort done by some farm groups in Canada.
For instance, the UPA in Quebec and the UPA DI, which is the development arm, are working very closely with all the French-speaking countries in Africa and with a very high level of government. They're looking at how to adapt supply management in the food development policy to regain some of the losses and create a domestic economy that makes it worthwhile. There's a lot of discussion. There's a lot of work being done as we speak.
As far as other countries, we talk at all kinds of agricultural seminars. Farm income around the world is an issue, and a lot of regions are actually looking at how supply management works.
We even have a group of European dairy farmers looking at it right now. They have come to Canada. We've sent people over there to explain how it works, what the criteria are, and what the production discipline is in order to get a decent return. There is quite a bit of interest.
The issue right now is on how they will be able to implement these kinds of policies inside a WTO negotiation, from their country's perspective, and it's what they're looking at in a lot of areas.
I think it's a key element. No matter what commodity you're in, farm income is an issue. If we want to address farm income from a market-oriented standpoint and not from a government treasury, we have to look at something that is similar.
It might not be 100% supply management, as we have in Canada, but there has to be some kind of production control to get a fair return to the farm. Otherwise a 5% surplus creates a drastic effect on the price the producer gets.
We've been doing constant work over the last few years. I would say the UPA DI has been at least five or six years in Africa. There has been some work in Europe over the last two years. It's an ongoing discussion.