Thank you, Mr. Gourde.
I would say that there is definitely no magic formula. However, a management culture should ensure that the Canadian agricultural policy in the dairy sector—and this also goes for other sectors covered by supply management—would review the control of imported products. Before they come into the country, those products are monitored by Canadian institutions, and it is at that stage the management culture must definitely be improved. Questions following a specific protocol should be asked before those products are authorized. It is clear that the mixture containing oil, butter and sugar that was mentioned was designed to circumvent tariffs. You can only make ice cream with 49% butteroil and 51% sugar. No other application is possible in the agri-food sector.
It is clear that, had authorities been vigilant regarding the purpose of the product and had this kind of a situation been put into perspective in the Canadian policy, the problem would have been completely avoided. I could apply the same analysis to protein concentrates. Chapter 4 of the customs tariff did not set a limit in terms of percentage for milk protein concentrates. The analysis carried out at that time was inconsistent with the sound perspective our dairy policy could have brought. In short, to prevent similar situations from taking place, we really have to change our culture in terms of analysis and be vigilant from the beginning to avoid having to pick up the pieces.