Thank you for that.
We've had a number of people testify to potential job losses. The only credible study that's been done on the potential for a trade agreement shows over 30,000 net jobs lost to Canada. So there are obviously real concerns about the potential impacts of this agreement.
I'd like to take you to another alternative, to simply signing an agreement that may have dramatic repercussions for Canadian jobs.
We had testimony earlier this week from the Pork Council and the Canadian Vintners, both of whom testified very clearly to the fact that Canada does very little in trade promotion, product promotion, abroad. The Pork Council mentioned they get $1.2 million from the federal government for product promotion when their export market is worth $2.5 billion, and the Canadian Vintners testified they get a grand total of $265,000 from the federal government to promote their products abroad, and they're competing against European vintners, who get $120 million in trade product promotion, 480 times the Canadian budget.
Very clearly there's a problem here. Australia spends $50 in trade product promotion for every dollar that Canada spends. There's a huge imbalance.
I'd like both of you to respond to that. What support are you aware of for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, for Research in Motion? What support have you received from the federal government? And how does that compare to other countries, other sectors?