Mr. Speaker, I concur with the comments that were made by officials at committee yesterday. I also concur with the fact that every time there is an election in the United States they seem to crank this issue up in the midwestern states.
I also want to inform the hon. member that many months ago I had discussions about this very thing with the secretary of agriculture in the United States. There have been ongoing discussions. I am very optimistic that in the next few days discussions which are taking place as we speak right now will be very fruitful for the industry on both sides of the border.