Thank you.
Before continuing, my colleague across the way is gone, but I wanted to remind him that in the past, at least since I've been with this committee, we've worked quite well together in spite of our differences, and we were here for farmers. I don't think cheap political shots are appropriate.
I thought I'd record that for the record. In a hundred years, when somebody reads this, they'll hear my words.
I would like to continue with this. We've seen a report. We've seen your response to the report. There are a number of items, food security or other areas, and you folks have mentioned it, this whole idea of trade obligations. It seems like a black cloud hanging over Canada that we have trade obligations.
Other countries don't seem to worry about that. Europe has put a quota of 0.5% for pork coming in, and we're being asked to increase our quota from 5% in Canada. Americans always slap something on us, and we're always worried about trade obligations.
Can we not move forward and get to the bottom of what's happening in our agricultural sector and worry about our path, our farmers, and our primary producers without always having this hanging over us?
What happens if we move into this area in a little bit? That's the first question, and I would like to get some feedback on this.