Mr. Chair, I appreciate the hon. member's question. I think he brings forward a couple of very important points.
One point is that this is a national problem. It manifests itself differently in different parts of the country. The requirements in Alberta are different from some of the challenges faced in Manitoba and different again from those faced in Saskatchewan. They are different again from those faced in Quebec and different from those faced by operators in Atlantic Canada. The member makes that point quite well.
He also makes the point that when we are building capacity not only is it important in the largest sense in that we need the capacity to match the supply, but there are also issues about different regions. We also need to ensure that different regions have that capacity.
I want to compliment the member. He has mentioned his own interventions with me and with several of my caucus colleagues over the last few weeks, including the hon. member from Prince Edward Island, my parliamentary secretary. They have made strong representations about the plant that is being built in P.E.I. This plant is being built with the cooperation of the Atlantic provinces. I have had an opportunity to meet with the premiers and, as well, as recently as a few hours ago with the premier of P.E.I.
I agree that it is important for us to develop programming that will allow them to put in a state of the art traceability system. As I indicated to my caucus colleagues, which I am quite willing to indicate today, we are working very hard to make that happen. As I indicated as recently as this afternoon to the minister from P.E.I, we are doing all we can to make that a reality. We will work very hard over the next while to do just that.
In terms of the specifics of putting another line into the plant, the loan loss reserve, which is there to assist with the expansion of capacity, would be available as long as there is a business plan that is sustainable and makes economic sense to go along with it. I should say that our partners in ACOA have been a big part of what has been taking place there as well. I am very appreciative of that.
We are working very diligently on the issues that the member put forward.