In our sector, we've always called that transition from provincial to federal inspection the kiss of death. The seasonality and the size of our sector means that federally inspected facilities, which carry a higher regulatory and cost burden to maintain them, have difficulty surviving.
For us, it wouldn't even necessarily need to be giant investments in the infrastructure—the physical buildings that do the processing—as much as it may be simply alleviating those interprovincial trade barriers around meat moving between provinces. We saw exemptions for this during COVID.
I understand there's work there, but for us, I think that really solves it. Then you just open the door for industries and sectors—well, not sectors; we don't do always do our own processing—and groups that want to get into it to understand that they can maintain a sustainably sized processing facility in their area and serve their community but still move the meat to where the major market is.
Our markets for lamb are Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, but raising sheep around the Ottawa Valley.... I don't know if you've tried to buy a house near Ottawa lately. I live in the region. You can't really afford to put livestock on acreage that is worth $100,000 an acre. You move it elsewhere.