It may just be terminology there, but both Canada and the U.S. have agreements. Neither of us have ratified them yet. And because of that we know what's in both of those agreements, so this bit of lag in the transition period can be overcome if we move fast.
As I looked at the U.S. agreement, theirs was concluded while we were still negotiating. We were somewhat concerned that they were going to get too far ahead of us, because it's the first one in there who makes the contacts and starts to deliver the product. Then you have to not just walk in and take advantage of the opportunities, you also have to take someone else's business away. So if we can be the first ones to get the foot in the door, the onus is on the Americans to try to take away from what we've established. We'd rather be in that position of being first.
When we went down to Colombia last year, it was not long after Congress had used some mechanisms to delay activity in Congress. That certainly made it more difficult for our negotiators, because that spread out the timeline somewhat for the Colombians--for some of them; for some it speeded it up. So you had conflicting things going on.
Because a lot of U.S. groups have started to notice that Canada has an agreement now and Canada is moving forward, that has started to put pressure on the U.S. Congress. And the National Cattlemen's Beef Association is one of those organizations that is very much in favour of getting that access for U.S. beef into Colombia.
So you're right. I have noticed over the last couple of months that maybe it's working its way up the radar screen, and I think that says to us that we really need to get moving and not miss this opportunity to get in there first.