Finance committee  The impact has been incredible in terms of that. In the brief here, as you will probably see, we said how much is left, even in western Canada, because of when they closed down the Canadian Wheat Board. The Canadian Wheat Board had an incredible history in the west, with western producers being able to establish it.

Finance committee  Yes, it's very important what you've just said there. Supply management, I think, has really been the backbone for a number of years in our agriculture in our rural communities. If we hadn't had the dairy and the supply management, we wouldn't have nearly the rural society we have today.

Finance committee  Thank you. The National Farmers Union welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this finance committee pre-budget consultation. The NFU is a voluntary, direct membership, non-partisan national farm organization made up of thousands of farm families from across Canada who produce a wide variety of goods, including grains, livestock, fruit and vegetables.