Mr. Chair, this is an interesting question, and we won't have time for the response. We might take it off-line, if the member wishes.
Everybody believes the sharing of data will be the panacea. Certainly, visibility and the sharing of data are important and critical, but sharing data in and of itself is not going to be the answer. In fact, we don't even use the same data across all the systems that work within the supply chain. The ability to have a single operative working language for what we're talking about doesn't exist yet.
If the member would like.... In the U.S., they're looking at a study called “FLOW”, which is trying to bring together a number of parties to look at this. There are a number of thoughtful individuals in the supply chain who think this won't resolve the issue, though, because they're not looking at the right issue.
Again, I'm happy if the member would like to take this off-line and have a conversation at some point, or I'll share back to the committee. It is a complicated issue, actually, and one that I think we should understand, because we talk a lot about data sharing in the supply chain, and visibility. I've mentioned it myself.
It's not as simple as it seems, but it's a great question and one I think the committee should unpack.