Mr. Chair, as to my approach, there are 301 members of Parliament. If every one of them were given the same case scenario we would probably have 301 different versions of how to attack the situation. My way of doing things may be different from that of some of my colleagues. My way of doing things may be different from that of some of my colleagues across the way. That is just human nature. The way I like to see the government moving is the way it has been going.
I do not think the borders would be open even to boxed beef if we had taken a hardball approach. I think the approach that we have been taking with the United States, with Ann Veneman, is to have open dialogue. She has moved with her officials down there to present that report and go to discussion. They did not have the extended timeframe for that discussion. The information came back sooner than usual. I think that approach has afforded our cattle producers the opportunity to allow boxed beef to cross, because no other country that has been affected with BSE has had their borders open, other than after seven years.
So yes, the best case scenario and the best solution to this is to have the open borders with the United States, but I think the approach we have taken to the present time has led to a more successful case.