Let me just state right off the bat that this government's position is that we are committed to supply management. But there is no doubt, when I made those comments, which I do not withdraw, I was talking about the long run, and I was talking in the context of Canada being a highly trade-dependent economy. There are many sensitive sectors, not including supply management. We have, as a country, over the last five to ten years, since NAFTA, not entered into sufficient trade agreements to keep up with the competition. Our exporters are now being disadvantaged because other countries are forging bilateral free trade agreements, and we're not part of them.
On February 27th, 2007. See this statement in context.