Mr. Speaker, the government recognizes full well the importance of the Ontario tender fruit industry. I emphasize the fact and stress that the industry has about $25 million in commercial sales a year.
The industry presented the government recently with a document entitled "Partnership for a Revitalized Ontario Tender Fruit Industry". That document is under review by the staff of the department.
As recently as this morning I met with a number of department personnel to discuss that. I can assure the hon. member and the industry that we will be meeting in the very near future with the industry participants to work together to strengthen and revitalize the industry.