Madam Speaker, those are the types of questions the Western Grain Marketing Panel has been addressing in the course of its hearings and town hall meetings across western Canada and in all of its deliberations.
I think it is import to first have a process by which everyone can participate in a full, open and transparent way and then allow the panel to do its work, conduct its analysis and provide the very best possible advice.
On the issue of polling, it is my understanding that market research in western Canada has indicated that if the board is at stake, if it is not an issue of having your cake and eating it too, if it is clearly a case of one or the other, to pick or choose one marketing system or another, often the support for the Canadian Wheat Board rises to over 65 per cent or 70 per cent.