Over 91% of farmers in Canada are not supply management.
If we decided not to go into international markets, this is what it would do to Canadian farms. We would have to set aside close to 28 million acres of land, because we wouldn't need it. We'd have to tell 36,000 grains and oilseed producers to go away and do something else. We'd have to tell 37,000 beef producers that we don't need them any more. We'd have to tell over 7,000 pork producers that we don't need them any more and to go away and do something else.
Clearly, we need to address the distortions in the markets. I'm going to challenge you to try to show leadership. Canada can be at the forefront in taking on the subsidies that the Americans have in place, the tariffs that the Europeans have in place, and the tariffs that our friends in Asia have in place, and we can have fair access.
The average agricultural tariff is over 60%; the average industrial tariff is 4%. The marketplace that we internationally compete in is simply not fair. OECD countries spend close to $300 billion in trade-distorting support that materially has an impact on producers from coast to coast in this great country.