Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
We've heard it and we know it: the House of Commons is unanimous on the issue of protecting supply management. I'm happy about that. However, in the case of the agreement with the European Union, as my colleagues mentioned a few moments ago, we could have hoped and wished that the government would do a better job of defending supply management. By putting supply management on the bargaining table, we're setting a dangerous precedent for future bilateral and multilateral negotiations. Earlier Peter referred to a domino effect. I believe we've just set a precedent. In future, Canada will probably always have an obligation to put supply management on the table, whereas we don't even know whether the European Union would have rejected any negotiations if that issue had not been put on the table.
Whatever the case may be, we're stuck with this, as a result of which the European negotiator, Mr. Cellini, has said that what Europe is particularly interested in, among other things, is increased access to cheese and poultry markets. That would not have been the case if supply management hadn't even been discussed in the context of the agreement we're negotiating.
We have to remain watchful; that's our role; it's also yours, Mr. Doyle, and it's also that of all the people who want to protect supply management. We already import 8% of our cheeses from around the world. And two-thirds of that figure comes from Europe.
What is the impact of the increase in market share for these cheeses? First, is there room to admit them? What is the impact on our cheeses? There will clearly be one. Have you, the Dairy Farmers of Canada, put a figure on that impact?