Mr. Rick White at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

Thanks—message received.

You have to have harmonization. You have to know what you're measuring. You have to know what you're adjusting for.

My conceptual gap here is this. What is the problem that we're trying to fix here? I am not clear on what exactly it is we're trying to fix or curb. Is it philosophical? Is it protection of certain aspects of our industry? If we had clarity on the purpose and the objective, we can figure out the measurements and the tools that are needed to fix that problem.

I'm not exactly clear if this is an academic exercise or not, but I agree 100% with Tyler: We need the data. We don't have the data, and neither do other countries, to do this properly.

Thank you.