Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will try to keep my comments and questions very brief. I would like to share with my colleague, Mr. Cannan.
Thank you so much for your presentation.
I feel very honoured to have had the opportunity to visit Chile. I only was in Santiago; I didn't get to see the rest of the country. I do have a friend, who I have known for many years, who farms just south of Santiago. He talked about the changes in agriculture. He used to grow wheat and barley, and now his sole crop is kiwis.
I look at the advantage you have in your climate, not only the ability to grow different crops but also your long coastline and the varieties of fish--all the way from warm-water fish to cold-water fish. I see that as a great advantage. Canada takes advantage of both your fruit and fish exports.
There was a lot of talk when I was there about converting all the buses in the city of Santiago to natural gas. But I see your dependence on imports of natural gas and I see you are putting in an LNG offloading facility. Do you see being that dependent on natural gas as a concern? How is that transformation within Santiago going?
The one question I would like an answer to is on low tariffs. I picked up on the fact that you have a principle of maintaining low tariffs. Has that been a benefit for you as an exporting nation?