Our focus is on beef, and the “C” in CETA is for comprehensive, so it goes much beyond beef. One of the think tanks I go to is The Economist and once in a while we get mentioned in this magazine. There were two references to the CETA, and in both situations one defined Canada as a leader in this agreement, not only because of what it does for our access to Europe and how it positions us by going into the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We are a trading nation. From the standpoint of beef, we produce more than we consume. We realize that when 80% of our exports go to one market, that creates some situational problems, as we saw with BSE and as we're now seeing with COOL. So from my standpoint, and just speaking for cattle producers, it's a good agreement.
On November 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.