Thank you very much for the question.
I won't use language that's too complicated or try to be too critical, but I think sometimes being critical might be a good thing. This is an issue that will lead to more rural poverty in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the higher grain growing areas of Alberta where those grain farmers are removed enough from the Canadian-American border that their transportation costs are higher.
There is a saying that no matter what set of figures you're looking at, you can interpret them to suit your own agenda. If it would please you, Ms. Demers, I could leave you with an article that our president, Stewart Wells, has written to Mr. Strahl about the smoke-and-mirrors campaign on the Canadian Wheat Board.
There were three valid questions on the ballot that were put to the grain farmers.
One, do you want the Canadian Wheat Board to continue being the buyer and seller of Canadian-grown barley? That means all barley except feed barley would continue going through the board.
Two, Do you want to be your own buyer and seller? Instead of having the board doing it, you'd have all the individual farmers out west finding their market and then selling.