Thank you.
One of the things we're hearing from Canadian agricultural groups that support the ratification of this agreement is that there is quite a synergy between the two countries in terms of the areas where we have a comparative advantage and the areas where Colombia has a comparative advantage. There's not a robust, significant pork industry, for instance, in Colombia. That's an example of that. Whenever you can have agreements between countries where there is not a lot of overlap in terms of areas of focus economically, that's positive.
I have a quick question on another file that I know you've been deeply engaged in, and that is country-of-origin labelling with the U.S. I appreciate it. I was in D.C. the week before last again, and we met with some members of the administration and raised the issue again. There doesn't seem to be any appetite in the U.S., on either end of Pennsylvania Avenue, in diluting support for this at this time, but it's having a significant effect on the cost of the U.S. groceries. It's $3 billion a year, according to the American groceries association.
What effects are you seeing currently on your members, and what effects do you see for the future? What can we be doing to build natural allegiances between those in Canada, like you, who are against country-of-origin labelling and those in the U.S. who are against country-of-origin labelling? What could we be doing more strategically to defend our interest?