Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for coming, Minister Day. I like a minister who comes forward without an entourage; it shows more confidence. But there may be some questions we ask you that you may not be able to answer, and we hope we can follow up with your ministry.
I have three questions to start with on supply management--four, actually--following up on the questions by Monsieur Cardin and Monsieur Bellavance, because it has not been clear to us that Canada is saying no to any deal that does not fully protect supply management. In fact, a negotiator from your ministry, Mr. Stephenson, likened the negotiations at the WTO to sumo wrestling. Our concern, of course, is that at the end of the game, at the end of the negotiations, it's quite possible that supply management and single-desk marketing could be squashed unless Canada takes a very firm stand.
So my question to you is this: are you saying to us that Canada will not sign on to agricultural provisions that do not fully protect supply management? And are you saying to us that Canada will not sign on to agricultural provisions that do not fully protect single-desk marketing?
My third question is, with the negotiations—