We, of course, are major participants in Canada's agricultural economy. They're one of the biggest users of our insurance product, which Mr. Siegel was talking about before. There is considerable global reach out there. It's very big business, and it's been one of the faster-growing ends of our export community over the past year or so. So it's a very good story.
It has its problems, as you know, which are, if you like, trade policy related. And you're right, there are some significant unlevel parts of the agricultural playing field in the world. It's certainly not EDC's role to do anything about that; it's rather to facilitate, given those things.
The other aspect of this is that if those companies need domestic financial support or intermediation, which they often do, then they have the FCC, Farm Credit Canada, which is designed expressly for that. So they do have resources to tap into if it's a domestic issue. And if it's a foreign issue, then EDC is there to facilitate the trade.
Trade policy in agriculture is extremely difficult. It's one of the reasons free trade agreements are so elusive. And it's one of the reasons, in my concluding remarks at the beginning, I suggested that we should focus on foreign investment protection agreements, because they're simpler. They will truly help companies that need to get out there and capitalize on a growing world economy to lean with the wind. It may take us much longer to finally reach a good conclusion on liberalizing trade because of the agricultural barriers. They are the biggest ones, traditionally.