Allow me to clarify.
Obviously, I know that we do not grow oranges and this is why I said that in this debate no one wants to ban trade. But we have to put our priorities in the right place. What do we priorize? The fact that farmers are there essentially to feed the surrounding population? This does not mean that we would surround ourselves with fences. Of course, everytime we have an opportunity to export products, we do so. I am thinking about maple syrup from Quebec. In Japan, for example, they just love maple syrup and that is fine. I would never tell our producers to keep this product in Quebec. There is a demand for it throughout the world. The same goes for beef, pork and grain from Western Canada.
However, I go back to the fundamental issue. Are we not more and more placing trade above people? Are we turning food into a commmodity just like any other? If that is so, should we not rather return to the basics and ensure first and foremost that agriculture is viable here? Once that is done, whatever we can export, we export.
There is this philosophy, which you share, I believe, that this is all just about trade, nothing else, and that the main object is to sell the greatest quantity possible of our products to whoever pays most.