First, a very brief history. As Mr. Easter would know, in the Uruguay Round we really took all sorts of different import restrictions, whether it was TRQs, duties, or non-tariff trade barriers, and we tried to lump them into these boxes, and we were successful in that. Unfortunately, that's as far as we got in that round. This round is about trying to put disciplines on these people. I think one of the key things from Canada's perspective is that first we need to know what those rules are. Once we know what the rules are, then we should be developing our programs around those rules. Unfortunately, I think we developed our programs before we knew what the rules were. So we need to be there. We need to get that thing settled. We need to figure out what the rules are and then design our programs to fit within those rules and bring maximum benefit to our producers. It's the chicken before the egg.
On April 18th, 2007. See this statement in context.