Thanks very much, gentlemen, for being here.
I'll try to see if I can have some logical thought in my questions.
Minister Emerson, you talked about give-and-take negotiations and the fact that our government is committed to supply management. We know there is pressure by other countries to either water it down or do away with it. We know there's pressure on our other state trading mechanisms—and I'll say the word—the Wheat Board. We know that. Yet getting out of WTO is inconceivable, according to what you said.
If we maintain our supply management as it is, with the overquoted tariffs as they are, with the percentage of products coming in as they are, obviously there are no concessions there, so we have to then make concessions somewhere else. Is it my understanding that they have to be in the area of agriculture, or do we make concessions in some other area to keep this sector of agriculture? Is our Wheat Board the sacrificial lamb?
I'd like to get clarity in this. We give and take. We negotiate. If we're saying that we're not changing anything here, what can we negotiate if we still want to stay in?
I have one last question. Have we yet signified our intent for article 28? If not, when are we planning to do that?