I will go first.
As I mentioned before, under our international agreements there is access to the Canadian market of 7.5% of the previous year's chicken production. That's a fixed quantity. The change in the marketplace has changed the dynamics on what is defined on that list of products, or how it fits that list.
The decision by Minister Speller a few years ago basically fixed that at 7.5%. These changed products or changed recipes on the non-import control lists were limited in how many could come in. The recent decision basically reverses that and opens it up. Basically those who ask or request have a mechanism for bringing in imported products. I think the request was around seven million extra this year, where it's been two million historically.
So now that's about 8.5% of our previous year's production. By making that decision, that really breaks down the tariff pillar. That is a way around what the actual rules are.
The other part, and I'm sure Mr. Murray will speak about this, is article 28, restricting access because of like products. Europe recently made that decision. There was product being shipped into Europe from Brazil, basically with salt water in it. The percentages fit the actual definition of the trade agreements, but the European Community implemented the article 28, which gives it the right to say you're just doing that to step around the rules. We have that option to do that in Canada too. As I mentioned in my talk, we haven't chosen that.
So those are ways of circumventing the actual system, breaking down that import control.