Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The position of Canada in respect of paragraph 71 is that we are pressing to obtain a minimum of 6% of our tariff line in the agricultural sector to be designated as sensitive product. The current proposal calls for 4% of tariff line. In order to adequately protect the supply managed industry we need 6% of that designation.
Japan is asking for more. They're asking for 8% of tariff line to be designated as sensitive product, so they're further than us in terms of their demand. The difference, though, is that Japan has signalled its willingness to grant a higher degree of market access to its sensitive products in exchange for getting a higher number of tariff lines, whereas our position is that we do not agree to tariff cuts or expansion of TRQs.