Thank you.
[Technical difficulty—Editor] it doesn't seem very long ago that you were before us at the natural resources committee, where we talked a lot about softwood lumber, so I won't go down that road.
I represent the riding of South Okanagan—West Kootenay, a border riding, where I have five border crossings in my riding and a couple just outside, on the very edges, so cross-border trade is hugely important. As Mrs. Romanado reminded me in the chatter before we started the meeting, “You have wine”. It is a huge part of the economy here. We grow the best grapes and make the best wine in Canada. Wine is, I think, a $6-billion industry in the country, but it has faced a number of international trade disputes over the past few years, and one in particular resulted in Canada's saying that it would get rid of the excise tax exemptions for most small Canadian wineries by 2022. That is going to have a huge impact on many small Canadian wineries, including most of the wineries in my riding, for instance. Wine Growers Canada has asked that a trade legal replacement for this exemption be introduced to support the industry, much like other countries around the world, including Australia and the United States, support their industries.
Can you let us know if such a program will be included in the upcoming budget?