Agriculture committee  Thank you. Mr. Atamanenko.

Agriculture committee  Thanks to both of you for being here. I'm going to target my questions to you, Mr. McAnerney. I'm hoping to have some time so my colleague Andrew can ask a few questions. I think he wanted to ask Dan a few questions. It doesn't make any sense that here we have this overabundance of fruit in our country, and yet we have a struggling industry such as yours.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Andrew, go ahead.

Agriculture committee  Okay. What role do you see for government when it comes to malt barley? In other words, what can we do to assist?

Agriculture committee  You mentioned maltsters and brewers. Would they be at the same physical location?

Agriculture committee  So the barley comes to the malting facility.

Agriculture committee  That's where the hops would come into the chain. Is that correct?

Agriculture committee  That is at the brewery.

Agriculture committee  Thank you.

Agriculture committee  A lager versus ale, then.

Agriculture committee  Okay, so where along the chain...? We have the barley. It goes to the brewer, or the...? As well, how does the process take place for the hops?

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  But at what stage in the—

Agriculture committee  But if we export to the United States, there's no specific tariff that's placed on our beer, or vice versa, when an American beer comes in internationally.

Agriculture committee  I'm still a little confused where barley fits in with hops. We have specific barley we grow, which is called malt barley, which differentiates from other barleys grown specifically for—