Thank you very much.
I appreciate your bringing up the agricultural exports. As you know, that's not really an equal exchange, the way that your government negotiated. It was only a temporary reprieve of some of the agricultural export controls that China put on, as pork still remains, canola oil still remains and the reprieve that you did get is expiring by the end of this year.
When these Chinese EVs come into Canada, as you well know, they're here to stay. You didn't negotiate a long-term agreement for our canola farmers, and they don't think that exchange is quite how you're selling it, but I am glad that you brought up 2023, because it was in the following year, about a year and a half ago, I suppose, that you yourself, as you know, put in quite strong restrictions for Chinese electric vehicles.
In fact, you said the reason was that they would put unwarranted downward pressure on pricing, challenging the profitability of Canadian producers, and they would reduce choice by crowding out other imports. You were really correct in that instance, Minister. Of course, in Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia and most places that have allowed Chinese EVs, they have crowded out that market and jeopardized that domestic supply chain. Again, I'm not clear why you're bringing these in when we're facing such a crisis in the auto sector in Canada.