I just have a general thing, because I think Mr. Weston summed it up pretty well. It just seems like this is one of those situations that makes a lot of sense. I don't think we're necessarily spending a lot of time talking about the bill but more about our relationships with these countries, and that's, frankly, a good thing.
In a general sense, in listening to the discussion, it's ironic that we're talking about a bill that is about Israel and Taiwan, and I think we spent 90% of our time talking about Taiwan. As someone who comes from the west, it's probably more relevant from our standpoint. But in looking through the notes that we've been provided, obviously there are some tremendous opportunities with Taiwan. If I read this correctly, our trade balance with Taiwan is not very good. We bring in a lot more than we ship out. What I do find a little surprising is that when it talks about exports, it talks about coal, lumber, and copper. I thought Alberta and western Canada exported a lot of pork to Taiwan, or meat products at least.
To any of the panellists, with this particular legislation do you see some of that trade imbalance starting to level out? What are some of the opportunities that maybe we could be pursuing a little more diligently to bring that trade balance a bit more into a balance?
Maybe I'll start with you, Mr. Houlden. Since both Rachael and I are from Alberta, we'll play favourites and let you go first.