Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all the guests for being witnesses today with us.
I'm not a trade person, and I'm not a farmer. I eat food, so I care about what you do, but I really am going to ask some questions that may sound dumb. I want to talk about where Mr. Kurek ended up—growing the markets. Given the numbers you're talking about in terms of the billions of dollars of exports we are now doing in the agri-food business, like in canola, soy and others, how does that market grow? Is that growing because we're better than our competitors, or is the market itself growing and we want a greater share of a new market? I'm interested in knowing that.
Who are our competitors? You mentioned the United States and Australia in different ways.
Does the growth of the market come from expanded consumption, or does it come from stealing or getting or earning a larger share of the markets that we're talking about? Who are our competitors, and how does the IPS perhaps help us to strategically position ourselves vis-à-vis either a growing market or competitors?
Why don't we start with soy, and then we can go to canola and then agri-food generally?