Agriculture committee  First of all, it is important to look at things, as you suggested, from a national perspective. We talk about thinking outside the box, and that's a good thing. Unfortunately, when we're done with thinking outside the box, we get back into our offices and our routines and hop back into the box.

Agriculture committee  Maybe I can just make a comment with respect to on-farm food safety and traceability. We certainly agree with the comments that have been made. Very often we believe that producers do not get sufficient recognition for the in-kind contributions that they make in terms of many of these programs, and it's very significant.

Agriculture committee  Maybe I can answer that question. First of all, CFIA is certainly the organization that takes care of the bison industry with respect to animal health and what have you. With respect to SRM policy, the SRM policy does not apply to bison in Canada. However, having said that, if you're moving into the export market, you have to remove SRMs.

Agriculture committee  Most of the animals are slaughtered in Alberta and marketed in Europe and the United States.