Thank you, Chair,
Thank you, gentlemen, for being here this morning.
I come from the great riding of Prince Albert. We have lots of beef and forestry products, for sure. When my grandpa came to Canada, it's one of the things he did. He worked in the bush up in Big River and cut logs. My family also farms, so I'm attached to both sectors in my cultural history in Canada.
One thing I find really interesting is that the NDP keep trying to say that there are no jobs created from TPP, which we all know is absolutely false. They like to say that there's no benefit to doing a trade deal because there isn't a trade deal that they've ever liked. Don't be astonished by your questions from the NDP, because that's just who they are.
Mr. Boon, maybe I'll start with you. If you weren't involved in TPP, if you were on the outside looking in, what would that do to your sector, and how would it impact Canadian farmers across the Prairies and right across Canada?