Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Wheat Board is a strong pillar of our grains industry. The record shows, I believe, that the board has done an extraordinarily good job. However there is controversy among farmers about marketing systems and about the role of the board.
We need to have a legitimate and respected mechanism to respond to that controversy. I am in the process now of selecting up to five eminent westerners to lead this effort. I hope to be able to announce them and their specific mandate by about the end of October.