Mr. Easter raised a very important point. I also wanted to remind the committee that we received the dairy producers and processors last May and June. They were already talking about the possibility of using article 28 at the time. The government was utterly opposed to it, the departmental people as well. One of the main arguments we were given was that, under NAFTA, we would in any case be stuck with imports from the United States and Mexico.
So, since the minister recently made the decision to use article 28, what about that argument? Indeed, even though the dairy producers of Canada gave us a clear legal opinion on the subject, the department's officials told us that we would be stuck with imports from the United States and Mexico. What do you say about that, now that we've decided to invoke article 28. Is the position the same?