Supply management...we'll see where that goes in the course of the negotiation. The European Union has its own forms of protectionism in agriculture, as we do here in Canada, in the form of supply management in the poultry and dairy industries.
If, however, as I personally would hope to see, this is the occasion when Canada can finally phase out supply management in agriculture, the examples of Australia and New Zealand are already there as an effective way in which to do it. Australians and New Zealanders found that not only were they able to assure their farmers of compensation where it was needed, but they also discovered, somewhat to their own surprise, I think, that the export markets for Australian and New Zealand dairy products expanded enormously. I think that will be the case under the European agreement.
For Canadian cheese producers, which is, after all, what we're talking about, as no one's planning to ship raw milk across the Atlantic, the opportunity will open up to a degree we do not yet foresee. It will provide all sorts of opportunities to Canadians.
Therefore, I would hope that the committee and the government will take a positive attitude towards a sensitive phasing out of supply management under this agreement.