Thank you.
I certainly appreciate everyone's attendance here today, and the presentations. I also want to once again welcome everyone to the Okanagan. It's wonderful to have the finance committee doing its pre-budget consultation here.
Mr. Chair, with your permission, I'm going to start with Mr. Prodan from the B.C. Wine Institute.
Mr. MacKinnon raised the prospects for interprovincial trade earlier, and you gave some specific answers. I also want to go to your comments with regard to the domestic industry and the opportunity there. There are many different opportunities. You raised innovation. You also raised the trade between provinces.
Paul Bosc Jr., at the finance committee, about four or five years ago, said that most wine-producing countries that become export-oriented first dominate their domestic market.
Would you agree with that sentiment?