Mr. Chairman, as I said earlier, the issues of interest connected to food sovereignty are certainly present in the negotiations around the position put forward by countries in order to protect their agricultural sectors.
Our very firm position on supply management reflects how it is in our particular interest to demonstrate the validity of the supply management mechanism, how it has served Canada well and how this does not affect the interest of other countries, because it does not create trade distortions. We are therefore putting forwards these kinds of arguments in order to defend our position on supply management.
Other countries with particular interests—India, for example, which has always defended the interests of its subsistence farmers—is also bringing this argument to the negotiating table. We are therefore trying to find ways to take their interests into account. That is the very principle of a negotiation.