Madam Chair, the member mentioned that he was with a delegation to the United States. The impression seems to be left by the member for Wild Rose that we have not done our work in terms of lobbying in the United States. I wonder if the member could talk about the success of that delegation.
I believe that while we were there the Grocery Manufacturers Association committed itself to try to push to get the door open. Its members are not just grocery manufacturers. They represent the packing industry, et cetera, in the United States. The National Cattlemen's Association is the largest cattlemen's association in the United States. I believe that we met in their boardroom. They agreed to work with us to try to get the border open.
I wonder if the member might give to the House some of the experiences from his trip there to try to have some of the U.S. people work from within, to have them pressure their own political establishment to in fact open the border so the integrated beef industry could work the way it should be working.