Mr. Chair, I have to make this point because again the official opposition is trying to imply that because one or two members in our ranks said something at one point in time that that is the reason the border remains closed. The fact of the matter is, as I said earlier, that no country has regained market share as we have. By now we are back to 90% of pre-BSE beef exports to the United States. That has never happened to any country before that has had BSE.
Therefore, the member's argument and implication that because some member from our backbench said something does not hold water and does not have merit. The fact of the matter is, we are exporting 90% of pre-BSE beef products to the United States. That is not to say that we still do not have a problem, we do. However, that part of the argument does not hold merit.