Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, MP Longfield, for sharing your time with me.
My question is for the deputy minister of agriculture. As we all recognize, these are really difficult times for people in the cattle industry and for people in the agricultural sector. Also, as we all know full well, these sectors in particular are very much integrated into the North American economy. For example, quite often in the meat industry, you'll see that cattle are grown here but head down south for further processing.
Obviously, given the high degree of integration between the two sectors, it's important that we manage to juggle challenges that arise either south of the border or in Canada itself. How concerned should we be about the level of integration between the United States and Canada for many of our food producers?