You've left a bit of an impression that this discussion on trade agreements, albeit not just this one, is not good for the agriculture industry. Yet a number of witnesses and just about everyone in agriculture, even those in supply management, aren't opposing these discussions.
Now to you, Mr. Boutziouvis, you say that securing an agreement with Japan would give Canada “a first mover advantage that will yield significant benefits.... Canada's agricultural producers will gain a first mover advantage over their competitors if ambitious preferential access to the Japanese market is secured”.
So we've got two different stories. Quite honestly, I agree with you and so do all the commodity organizations in agriculture. They see the advantage in this. What is a first mover advantage?