A bit of background on me: I'm not a dairy farmer and I'm not a dairy processor. I'm from Prince Edward Island, and my family is in horticultural crops. I'm sixth generation on our farm.
With regard to whether we were consulted, we did have updates from trade negotiators from AAFC, who gave us some updates along the way. We had an inkling it was coming, but we didn't think it would happen.
As far as precedent setting, we never saw this coming, so to play the game of what it means and what doors are being opened to future allowances that are not to our advantage is a bit terrifying. I never imagined this would be in our rearview mirror, as it seems to be right now.