Agriculture committee  It's huge, and we've been bragging ourselves to our American colleagues.

Agriculture committee  It's not across the board, but in many respects we produce a lot of the same products as our American counterparts.

Agriculture committee  Where we are big exporters, they are big exporters. They truly are one of our biggest competitors, so if we can get into a 500-million person market ahead of them, then good on us. I think what it also does is signal to the rest of the world that Canada is a significant player wh

Agriculture committee  Sweet corn has remained a bit of a mystery for us throughout the negotiations. The Europeans, particularly the French, I believe, are very sensitive to concerns about Canada flooding European shores with our sweet corn. My last understanding was there was no one in Canada actuall

Agriculture committee  The one thing I will say about the grains, though, is that one of the really nice wins in this deal is that with low-grade and mid-grade common wheat we were able to actually get an immediate quota for those products. We have a quota of 38,000 tonnes and it goes immediately to 10

Agriculture committee  Way to go to our negotiators.

Agriculture committee  It's a study that the George Morris Centre did a number of years ago. They basically looked at farms that actually export products, so 50% of all of our products are exported, and then products that are actually priced on world markets. We have a lot of products that we sell dome

Agriculture committee  There are a number of mechanisms that have been put in place for the CETA to address the non-tariff barriers, so in the text of the treaty itself, there will be language around the governments cooperating together. The two governments will in fact set up committees that will work

Agriculture committee  The tariffs on grains will all be phased out. None will go to zero on day one; they'll all be phased out over a period of seven years.

Agriculture committee  Maybe I'll address that first, and John and Jim probably want to talk about the labour issues. One of the great things about this deal is that it seems as though trade deals move really slowly, but that does give us time to plan. We would expect that a deal concluded today will

Agriculture committee  We haven't specifically around this deal, but as you know transportation is a long-standing issue for producers and exporters in Canada when it comes to agri-food products. When we as an industry grow, it's a good thing, but we always have to get our products somewhere and we hav

Agriculture committee  Yes. I'm just taking a look at the technical document the government put out last week, and they're suggesting 179 names. That is actually consistent with initial lists that I had seen of the names that came over. We haven't seen the final shakeout, if you will, for the names.

Agriculture committee  Yes. We'll have to take a look at the final list.

Agriculture committee  We don't have an estimate yet, but you're right, we need to start pulling those numbers together. It's still fairly early days. I think that's one thing overall. This is the largest trade agreement we've signed as a country in a long time. We need to start putting in place the t

Agriculture committee  I can start, and then perhaps James would like to say something. I think particularly in Quebec pork will be a big winner. In terms of the parts that we'll win, if you will, in the agreement, it will be fairly broad-based. I think from a Quebec perspective in particular, some of