Thank you, Chair. It's great to be part of this great committee. One of the things that brought me to Ottawa was trade and my involvement with the WTO and Western Canadian Wheat Growers, so this feels like home. It's great to be here and to have Martin here. I'm very familiar with what CAFTA does and the great organization they are.
I was interested in the questions that my colleague from the NDP started out on, on low-level presence. The issues around low-level presence are something that we've dealt with on the agriculture committee. There's the importance of the recognition of science. You have a dispute settlement mechanism that uses science instead of politics to settle a dispute. That's one of the things I look at when I look at the European Union trade agreement for sure.
When I was back in the riding during the last couple of weeks, my farmers were very excited about this. They just can't wait. In fact, one of them was saying to hurry up and get this done.
I'm curious about the pork sector which has gone through many challenges over the last little while. How excited are you? What do you see happening? What is the impact going to be on your sector?