Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to deal briefly with the supply management system that we have in Canada. Our supply-managed commodities are about the only part of our agricultural sector that is not in distress. Most of the other commodities are; sometimes it's cyclical, up and down. I have yet to be convinced.... They're protectionist, but there's a good stable supply of high-quality product. As I say, they are the only ones who are not coming to government with their hands out.
I appreciate the position of those who would like to enter Canadian markets, and gradually they can with a reduction in tariffication, but I have yet to be convinced to abolish supply management.
Taking another tack, I'd be very interested in knowing about your trading infrastructure. Is there federal assistance for your rails, your roads, or your ports, and if so, to what extent?
In conjunction with this, we also have trade missions, which are really part of your trading infrastructure as well. For all these areas for which you've talked about bilateral free trade agreements, do you have many trade missions in these countries? Do you have additional ones here in Canada that would be interesting to know about, as well?
Particularly to Mr. Fisher, when your citrus farmers transitioned to olive oil, was there federal assistance to assist them in doing so?