I think it's fair to say that until July 2005, when the negotiations collapsed in Washington, we were fully involved in the process. After that date we heard nothing about the terms of settlement until our officials were briefed by their federal colleagues in Washington the day before the Prime Minister announced the agreement in the House of Commons. Since that time we've been involved in fleshing out the terms of the document to the legal text.
But the problem remains that this is an agreement that fundamentally limits us to 1.3% of American exports, when in 2005 we had 2.5% of Canadian exports to the United States. From our perspective, the terms of the conditions--all of those things--although important in any agreement, are precluded by the fact that Saskatchewan is unfairly treated in this agreement in its percentage of exports to the American market. That's our concern.
We would like our national counterparts to have another look at this in terms of fairness for Saskatchewan. We support a negotiated agreement, of course; I think everyone does. The problem from our perspective is that this is a negotiated agreement but it's not a fair agreement, and it's not fair for Saskatchewan. That's our position.