Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the committee members for having this hearing. This isn't an important issue in a number of areas across the country, but it certainly is in western Canada, so I want to acknowledge the committee's taking important time for this.
I was struck by the fact that if the $1.2 billion in agrifood and seafood exports are 30% of our total goods exports to India, we certainly have room to grow in this market, so it's exciting to see there is some opportunity there.
I have a number of questions, so I'm going to ask for some fairly short answers.
I'm just wondering. We have some guarantee now until June 30, 2017. People are going into the field right now but are wondering about the next year. What can you tell us about what's being done to guarantee shipments from July of 2017 into 2018? Do we have to rely on the derogation process again, or do you expect that this new systems approach you're talking about would be coming into effect in the next crop year?