One of the hopes we have for the Market Access Secretariat would be that Canada would have a bit more of a coordinated agenda in dealing with trade access issues. It could be something as simple as an export certificate, the form that is recognized between the two countries as satisfying the importing country's requirement that food safety requirements have been met by the exporting country and recognized by the exporting country's food safety authority. These things have a life termination and date. If there isn't coordinated activity between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the trade department, the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the industry so that they know these things are coming up, they can, if they get caught up in other political issues, which happened to us going into Russia about a year ago, become a tool to be used in trade disputes. This really should be left entirely with the food safety authorities to work out.
It's important that we have an agenda of upcoming tasks, that we address them in a timely matter, and that they don't become political issues. We were out of the Russian market for about four months when there was very strong import activity. Millions and millions of dollars in losses occurred.