Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I just wanted to make an observation first. Mr. Steckle had talked about the previous government's support for the Canadian Wheat Board. You mentioned that the export subsidies were going to be done away with. I believe they had negotiated away the export credit programs and the initial price guarantees that were provided by the government. So those two things alone would have made substantial changes to that system.
I want to talk a bit about the Americans and the Europeans working together. In Uruguay they were able to basically come up with an agreement that led to the completion of that round. You talked a bit about that, but I'm just wondering if that type of agreement is likely, in your mind, this time. If it is, there are two other things I'd like to know. What role are the developing countries going to be able to play in that? And secondly, what role is that second level of countries going to be able to play as well? What are the dynamics there?