Mr. Chair, I'll respond to the last part of that question about the trade ambassador.
It's not modelled on the USTR. I think the equivalent USTR position in Canada would be Minister Fast, the Minister of International Trade. This would be an additional position, which would largely be focused on basically corralling or “herding the cats”, so to speak, of Canadian business, of different cabinet ministers, maybe provincial-level folks too, to bring a high-level presence to priority Canadian markets.
The model that we look at in the paper is the model that New Zealand has used. They've created a position of a special envoy for agricultural trade. They go to a leading business executive or trade leader from the country and have them represent the New Zealand agricultural brand around the world, pursue specific opportunities, and work as a sort of coordinating point.
I think it's a bit unfair, to a certain extent, to have to rely on Minister Fast or Minister Baird, or even the Prime Minister, to be the ones who are going out there with businesses all the time and opening those doors at the highest levels of government, in markets like China and India. They have a lot of domestic political obligations, and there are also security concerns that can inhibit the ability for us to mobilize a united front.
With this trade ambassador role, because it would be dedicated for that purpose, I think it could help us on some of the coordination problems.