I want to welcome our witnesses to this discussion that we're having today.
To put it into context, I'm a member of Parliament from Saskatchewan. The riding I represent stretches east and west, north and south. It shares a boundary with nine of the other 13 ridings in the province and it is 29,000 square kilometres, which is half the size of Nova Scotia, or six times bigger than Prince Edward Island.
You can imagine that, when you drive across it, you might see a diversity of crops being grown, and also a diversity of conditions that they are being grown under. I've heard from the producers in my riding that this crop year is going to be an exceptional year, and, as you've pointed out, probably becoming the norm.
I'm very engaged in the conversation that we're having today, coming from a landlocked province where many of my constituents rely on the provisions in this piece of legislation.
I want to ask any of you to answer this. Would you say that on the whole you have greater confidence that grain will reach port in a timely manner today than you did three years ago?