Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My colleague pointed out that I probably owe much of my success in life to the sugar industry, as a former dentist. I'm not sure if he's implying that I should declare a conflict of interest or not, Mr. Chair. Being no longer in that field, I'll take a shot at it.
I do want to point out that recently I had the privilege of having some conversations with European ambassadors. You mentioned, Ms. Marsden, that this agreement in principle will need the ratification of the European member states. Every European ambassador I've spoken to at this point is very bullish about this agreement. I think they see it as a very definite win-win. On that basis, while we are concerned about the length of time it may take, I think we're fairly confident that it will come into force.
I want to have you clarify for me an answer that you gave to Mr. Harris. I thought in your presentation you said we only have access to 30,000 tonnes of sugar to Europe, growing to 52,000.