Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you so much for the varying discussions we've had. My background is in rural Canada, in agriculture, so I want to focus a bit on that. We have certainly the Fisheries Council of Canada with regard to fish and seafood, which--I didn't know until today--is the largest-traded product around the world. So now we're talking about that part and about agriculture, which is the second-largest industry in this country. It's interesting that particularly beef and pork and many of our agriculture commodities are exported.
To Mr. McGuinness, you've been part of the fish council. If we're looking at beef, for example, they can likely increase their trade by tenfold. I'm looking to see, in terms of pork, what it would do. But in terms of what you're talking about--and we are surrounded by three coasts, so fishing is a very significant part, obviously--do you see how this would help us in a significant way in getting into other Asian markets?
Secondly, I think we need to be clear that Canada is an exporting nation. I think we all agree with that. We also have to understand, I think, that free trade agreements only need to be made when they're good for Canada. We also know that we fall under the umbrella of WTO, which, because of its structure, has a number of inabilities to produce results. I think that's part of the reason why we see a number of free trade agreements happening around the world.
I'll just leave it at this one: do you see it helping us get into other markets if the agreement should go forward?