All countries subsidize agriculture, so let's take this away from the Americans, and let's talk about Canada and Canadian interests. Our interest is in having a dairy sector that can compete globally, that can do what Australia has done, what New Zealand has done. Look at China and the booming demand for dairy products around Asia. We want to be able to take advantage of that. We're going ahead with the TPP, I hope, without the Americans. This will give us a huge advantage in these markets, but only if we can take it.
Let's face it, I'm also worried about average Canadians. I'm worried about the poor mother, the single mother, trying to buy milk and products for her children, who's paying three to four times what she should be paying to support farmers, some of the richest farmers. The average value, net worth—net, not gross—of a dairy farm in Canada is $4 million. Cattle farmers aren't that well off. Canola farmers aren't that well off. There are ways to look at addressing this, and it's good for dairy and good for Canada.
A lot of the subsidies the Americans have are on things like sugar. We're not going to compete with the Caribbean. The Americans opened the sugar market. The cotton subsidies are just insane, but that's Brazil's problem, not ours. Our problem is dairy and we can deal with it in ways that benefit us. Forget the Americans; this is about benefiting Canada.