Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To start off where you ended up, you've indicated in your presentation that while this discussion continues to go on, you'll continue to deliver based on your mandate. But the reality really is that the Canadian Grain Commission has been short-funded for a number of years, by the previous government and this one as well, and will probably have to come in with additional moneys for you to do your job.
In the COMPAS report they're saying there are several reasons for believing that the Canadian Grain Commission is funded inadequately and the dilemma is how much the benefiting stakeholders should contribute, meaning the producers. My first question, then, is how are you going to deliver your mandate now, when you already are likely tight on money? Question two: Is the burden of the cost for running the Grain Commission going to end up falling back on the primary producers in contracting out, when it really provides a service to the country, not only primary producers?