I think the line of questioning is basically....
We should be more informed than the average citizen, because we are making policy here. If you are making policy, you should anticipate the implications of your policy. The regular layman in Canada or the United States or Colombia will not anticipate all the consequences of a given policy. That is our function, as experts and as students. It is not condescending. It's a fact. With all due respect, this is the way it is.
Therefore we need to make informed decisions regarding the implications of a given policy. We are anticipating. We could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I wish I were wrong.
We are not claiming that I have access, but we have a number of empirical studies, even studies conducted by the ministry of agriculture in Colombia. We know exactly which sectors will be impacted. The cattle ranches, for instance--the small producers--are going to be impacted negatively. We know the lecheros, meaning the producers of milk, are being affected. The producers of beans are being affected. Wheat, corn, and rice production is declining. It's not a guessing game. We have the figures and we have the statistics.