It's important for Canadians to understand how critical these agreements are to kitchen-table discussions, as the minister likes to put it. In my community there are exporters who are wanting to get into some of these markets, and they simply can't compete because of these restrictions.
This leads me to another question: how do we get this information into the hands of Canadian companies? Of course it's covered in the national news that we're negotiating these free trade agreements. But does the department send out this information to the potential exporters in the country, telling them we've now opened up in such and such a market? It might be frozen french fries. Does somebody call McCain and say, “You might want to call up the Panamanian grocery stores and see if they're willing to take your products, because here's the latest?” Does the department do that?