Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to our witnesses. Welcome to Mr. McLaren and Mr. Langrish. It's good to see both of you again.
I want to explore a little bit with all our witnesses some of the areas we expect will be a little more problematic. A couple of them--forestry and non-tariff trade barriers--have been mentioned.
I'll use the example of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia used to do about $900 million to $1 billion worth of forestry exports to Europe before the advent of the pinewood nematode, which I think has been here forever. Five hundred years of exports to Europe went down the drain. That will be an issue that certainly holds promise for new markets for Canadian forest companies.
The other issue that I wonder a bit about is in the fishery. We know there's a market there for northern shrimp, but certainly there's a market there for all of our fish products. We don't want to be held out because of processing plants or perceived EU regulations. There's the real danger of a non-tariff trade barrier.
My final point is the whole question of geographical indicators and how we get around that. I really think this agreement has great potential. It's not an agreement yet, but if we get to the point that we actually get this to the House, I think it's an agreement that every party in the House would be able to support, because there really is something here for everyone in every part of Canada.
My question was specifically on the non-tariff trade barriers, and specifically in relation to slaughterhouses and fish plants.