We agree that it is certainly low-hanging fruit. We are as perplexed as you are, if not more, as to why it hasn't gone through yet. We were very surprised to hear that the file was now under Minister Bains. We are working with our colleagues in the CPMA and the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation to find a way forward. There are still some requests for information. We made sure that all the information that has been provided to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food is also in the hands of the Minister of ISED. We are not too sure what the next step is going to be there.
For many years, Canadians had access to payment protection, which is the PACA in the United States, so if for any reason there was no payment for their produce, it being perishable and not something that could wait while something was sorted out, like a radio or a TV, they would have some protection for their product. The understanding was that a reciprocal agreement would be made in Canada. When that was not done in 2014, the United States took away that preferential treatment for perishable products in the United States.
That's what all that is about. Again, we're not too sure why, nor what is going on right now.