Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. We do a lot of business with Japan. China is a growing area for us, as a company. It's a new environment. We're very intrigued by it, but there's a lot of work to do. It provides a tremendous opportunity in the future, as do countries like Mexico, which also has huge potential for us as a company.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  In Brandon or in Manitoba?

Finance committee  It's probably close to 3,500.

Finance committee  Brandon was built in 2000.

Finance committee  We agree.

Finance committee  We would not have built in Brandon.

Finance committee  There are a couple of things. One is that we appreciate the fact that you've committed this money. Where we think there can be some improvement is rather than putting it into the hands of universities that may duplicate their approaches in terms of charging after one specific thing, diversify it into centres of excellence.

Finance committee  It's creating a little bit more focus in terms of where that money goes and coordination between what the federal and the provincial governments are providing. Sometimes you're laying money on top of each other. In some cases, we could see it going to different areas or, for that matter, assigning certain areas of the country as certain centres of excellence.

Finance committee  We would be interested in something like that. We cover Canada. We have over 120 manufacturing facilities, many sales offices, and so on. So one-size-fits-all wouldn't necessarily work for us. We do see a significant number of women in the workforce, particularly in the processing areas, where the incomes aren't as high.

Finance committee  Thank you. Thank you for allowing Maple Leaf to participate in this process. As a leading Canadian agrifood processor, Maple Leaf Foods is confronting the consequences of currency appreciation and intense global competition by making some tough choices: driving for scale, efficiency, and innovation in every aspect of our business and doing some significant restructuring and refocusing to allow us to compete effectively in the future.