It was a very good question, and through you, Mr. Chairman, I'd like to respond to it in a different way.
I think first and foremost the most important thing we have to ask ourselves is whether there is going to be agriculture left in Canada, because unless we can somehow get some handles on the subsidies that are paid by other major exporting countries in the world--if we look at the trend line showing where agriculture and profitability has been, and the trend line showing where farmers are going, the trend line that I have seen, if you go out 25 years, at the current rate of profitability in Canadian agriculture—there won't be any farmers left. So more importantly, the first thing we have to do is to get a handle on some of these domestic supports that are being paid out. Some of these countries are paying significant money. These kinds of things have to come into play in order for this country to even think of having agriculture in 25 years.
Will we be moving more offshore? I can't answer that question. My concern right now is where agriculture is going to be in five years. I am also a grain and oilseed producer, and I have watched my fellow farmers disappear, no matter what sector they're in. And unless we can get a rules-based system at the WTO that provides opportunities for Canadian agriculture in all aspects, there will be no Canadian agriculture left. So we have to identify profit as the key thing.
It is no good to find market access around the world, or anything else, if we're losing money on everything we ship.