Thank you.
Ms. Salmon, in your press release of October 18 when we announced CETA's completion you said:
The Canada/EU trade deal announced today is welcome news for Canadian aquaculture. This will open new opportunities for Canadian farmed salmon, arctic char in the Yukon, oysters on the Pacific coast, and mussels in Atlantic Canada. Canada’s seafood farmers stand to benefit from coast to coast to coast.
So Canadian aquaculture companies have a lot to take pride in, of course, as Canadian seafood is among the best in the world. Europe is the single largest importer of fish and seafood products, bringing in $26.7 billion worth of it in 2011 alone. With more than 500 million consumers, Europe is a market 14 times larger than Canada. How do Canadian aquaculture companies, which are offering the best seafood in the world to this hungry market, stand to benefit from increased access through CETA?