Thank you.
In answer to your question, I would say that the bill is clearly necessary. Compensation is not really what the producers would have chosen.
What producers want, and Mr. Klompmaker is well placed to confirm this because he is a producer, is to continue to produce and to make their businesses grow. They want a growing concern that they will be able to hand down to future generations. They want to contribute to economic development in all of Canada's regions and cities. Chicken production has an impact on urban and semi-urban regions because of the processing and high processing plants that are situated there.
That's why it so important to stop any more hits on supply management. Every kilo of product that is imported is a kilo that we are not producing in Canada and takes away grains that would otherwise be used to feed the chickens that we raise. It also means job losses within the processing industry as a whole.